There are a lot of them but you want to make sure you have a 5 year warranty because exterior defects tend to take some time to manifest themselves.Also, it will be more costly if it's a rear fire-escape instead of the front facade of the building.

They are productive, on their own since college and never had to move back to live with mom & dad.

The MLS is not as productive as-most landlords don’t use a broker in my area.  

the purpose of home inspection is to let you walk away if there are unacceptable conditions. happens all the time. you can negotiate price reduction if the defect can be cured.

He has worked on financings ranging from commercial real estate, tech startups, Hollywood productions, delivering private aircrafts to international airports, and many things in between.

Once it causes damage, the insurance policy could kick in and help with repair costs.Overall, kind of a tangent here and not a situation you want to seek out, but there are cases where expensive latent defects could be partially covered by insurance if they cause damage to the property.

So far (according to the Zillows and other products like it) my property has appreciated by 1% about 20-40k depending on the site you use - and seconded by my real estate agent. 

@Chloe Dawn Murphy if you are ok with putting your fixed rate, tax deductible interest mortgage into a variable rate, non-deductible product then go ahead. 

@Jonathan Wildy if you go this route please make sure that you have a plan to refinance out of these types of loan products eventually.  

This wasn't a home run for us, but a solid base hit with a product we were very proud of at the end of the day.