So i can at least have better knowledge of what to expect from handymenAlso are any of your handymen familiar with the IRC and other codes or do you keep up with it to protect yourself as oppose to relying on them.

Brought the house back to code and compliance together with adding a bed and half bath to maximize the potential.

https://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/forms/pdf_lti/landlord_regs.pdfYou cannot get a judgement for eviction unless you are registered. 

House hacking is one of the biggest cheat codes available to the average American today. 

If you don't do this they will pay everyone else first and if they have any money left you might get rent money.Fences yard are a plus, add no trespassing signs.If the utilities get turned off when the previous tenant moves out you can get code enforcement to put up condemned signs on the house.

Code Enforcement is not a group to tick off in the historic district. 

I want them to be much more precise then "looking for a deal in x price range and x general location" For example, if you said you want a single family home, built after 1975, in a certain zip codes and priced below $150 per sq ft, I guarantee you that every time one of these came on the market, you would know immediately!

There is a map as well as a zip code guide, they are very useful when looking at properties online.

I have read that things are pretty grey there:The right type of beach home or vacation cottage can produce great tax results when the average rental period is seven days or less.But it’s tricky because when the average rental period is seven days or less, the property is not a rental property as defined by the tax code.

Update: VA pulled the plug on the Alteration and Renovation loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.