Mainly I mean that he was terrible to deal with through his tenancy, and gave me grief every chance he got.  

This is a tricky question, mainly because it depends on what you are looking for in a property.

The problem is you don't know what you don't know until you have the property inspected to determine the current condition and life expectancy of all major components and appliances. 

I believe my main focus will be on houses that are between 2-3 bedrooms with less than 1500 square feet as I would like to keep as much of the effort "in-house" as possible, as well as keeping purchase prices around $20K and selling prices around $60-80K, with renovation costs at between $10-20K for materials as well as a new roof with a contractor- unless I start putting on my own steel roofs which I can do myself.

Hello Hanna  Yeah, back when I found BP the first thing I did was listening to mostly all f the main Podcast. 

The main issue is finding real deals. 

The main unit (we planned on occupying) is a 3/2 and is the perfect size for our little family. 

If that wasn't true, it would be considered a partnership which also qualifies.There are a number of components to this new deduction; it is almost a calculus equation in which you need to figure out one part in order to figure out the rest. 

My main advice is to not use something like legalzoom. 

To sum it up, it’s all about the relationship, and two key components to a successful relationship is reliability a