That is why I recommend using a 3.5% down, FHA loan.Your loan officer should supply you with a Good Faith Estimate, which is a break down of the costs associated with your home purchase.

Your insurer likely uses standard area multipliers supplied by some rating agency or developed in house.

I bought mine at a commercial carpet cleaning supply store for about $30.

That will let you know if you have a supply line leak somewhere.With HVAC, the general age shoudl give you a good indicator on how much life it has left.

Another good suggestion would be to tell all contractors that you will be paying for all supplies and you just need a labor estimate.

With my number of rentals growing and available staff in short supply, how do you handle getting units prepped for the next tenant if you have multiples tenancies ending on the same day?

Then you still have carrying costs and the furniture.

The tenant should also supply you with a forwarding address in writing.

The reading I have done say that owner finance properties can command a 10% or more premium in price(this is echoed by a local owner finance servicing company), since demand is high and supply is low for owner finance properties in our area.

The single handle ones have a escutcheon that covers a fairly large area, but the old two handled ones are even wider.Then there's the issue of the supply lines.