I'm looking forward to the journey ahead.   

Once it appears double click and then it populates the comment box and they are notified.Soft costs are future cost, such as vacancy, repairs and capex.

@Weng L.If you own both properties, then you can go ahead and dissolve the HOA as you have 100% voting power.

@Elijah Wichers yes-I think that using an FHA loan to get a head start and house hack is a good way to start if you have very little capital.

Go ahead, “relieve my mom of the burden of ownership” of this asset.

If you want to get ahead of the game you can check the zoning yourself to see if its even possible to do so.

The insurance company is overjoyed and gives this second technician the go ahead to repair the machine.  

(Sorry ahead of time for the long post) I've been wanting to be a real estate investor for a while now but I would always pour all of my focus into work or the fact that I didn't have enough time, money or knowledge.

If it works out you go ahead, if not you only lost a few thousand. 

lolEric, if you are OOS and you are self-managing, there will be some costs associated with that, but the LL will still be ahead of the game.