Bookkeepers are fairly cheap, even good ones and should be able to setup for 2 units in a couple/few hours.  

I will be short by a couple hundred dollars.I believe the interest rate needs to be at a reasonable percentage.

In fact, a couple of recent studies have shown that working with a broker typically saves about $10,000 on a residential mortgage.

I have a couple buddies that are geological engineers.

I had a couple of people suggest to me to sell my appreciating Bay Area SFH so I could acquire more "doors" and theoretically "cash flow" more with OOS properties.

It couldn't hurt to call a couple attorneys right away to see what they say in terms of cost and suggestions for dealing with this quickly.In terms of mitigating any legal issues with your tenant be sure you are documenting every conversation you have had with the HOA in terms of asking them to make the necessary repairs.

IMO it is perfectly acceptable to throw a couple grand from a strong W2 as a temporary plan B into the mix - as long as the portfolio is small that will go a long way in an emergency.

I was able to check an old listing and it showed it as being 2 units instead of 3 and one bedroom/bathroom less than what they are claiming.Tomorrow I plan on having my pretty wife knock on a couple doors, hopefully she can talk to someone living there so we don't get something substantially different.

There are lots of hard money options (or maybe not "lots" but not too uncommon) with no appraisal required - that makes the offer equivalent to cash (closing within a couple days and no appraisal contingency - its out there)The lender still has to ok the deal, appraisal or not.

Find a couple of lenders who lend in the area you are looking at.