If the second does decide to negotiate with you, you now have a usable DIL and can get title to the property very easily.

By everything I have read for a buy and hold investor these should easily produce a monthly cash flow of 100-200 per month just applying the 50% rule.

Very easily...

Do some research on this, there was a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that changed some of these laws that you should be able to find very easily via Google.The bottom line is that snow removal, like all other expenses, should be budgeted for.

Don't make that same mistake again or you could easily be losing money on your investments.

They are too easily destroyed.

A firm that builds in tech efficiencies and can easily and quickly get it done.

You could get upside down pretty easily in that scenario.I get that you actually have to live in the place so that may override your investment considerations.  

My current property I have in the downtown area of the major city I live in should be easily rentable which would, at a minimum, cover mortgage, taxes and HOA fees.I know what I don't know.

We use another code for all our flips so our contractors can get in easily.