This forum has been extremely helpful.Hey Pat, regarding your docs for buying: 1.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

The last thing you want is for them just run venting across the ceiling and you see it (as an extreme example)I think you could split it or just say if that's what they want then they would have to pay for it.

I've used Lifeproof from Home Depot, it was a little bit harder to install due to it's rigidity and thickness but it's extremely durable and easy to clean.

However, dealing with the seller is a bit of a mess - she is extremely pushy and want me to place a $50k earnest money deposit ASAP.

Any advice would be extremely appreciated.

When I approve a customer for an investment home its extremely hard to find a good agent that will "listen" to the buyer and me as the banker.

Hello everyone,I am currently using Turno and find the app to be extremely user-friendly.

All extremely useful input. 

If the landlord was aware of his past, yet rented to him anyway - any lawyer worth their salt would make a nexus between those two pieces of information and create a liability claim.In addition to the extreme negative press you would get, it also takes time, money and energy to defend a lawsuit you will eventually win.