Mine are specific that if air conditioning is provided it does not effect habitability and it is not guaranteed.

So that is where my journey started.I decided shortly after that to really take a look at my spending habits and see just exactly how I spent my money.

Starting to network and building a team now will be vitally important to find those off market distressed deals. 

Dave, I love working with newbie agents, they haven't developed as many bad habits yet. ;)If you are in or around Ocala, I am adding new members to my brokerage literally this week and again in August.

Build your team, boots on the ground are vitally important. 

Those who make it a habit of investing no money down will most likely hate real estate as an investment years down the line.  

For managing yourself, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.

The criminal check really wasn't vital but I wanted to make certain he didn't have any fraud charges or anything like that (I was simply being cautious). 

Also good to be in that habit for later on when you're sharing deals with others...If you're all cash buying and you have a reserve fund to backstop any expense on the house, then in practical terms you probably won't specifically earmark any of the monthly income "vacancy", but yes, it's still "in there".

Not a chance in hell....Do it this time and you just set yourself up for expecting rent reductions for every tiny thing.If an issue comes up that affects habitability for a decent amount of time, then we can talk...... if you want to reduce rent for every time that the unit isn't perfect, you are setting yourself up for failure