I am a US Army Veteran and a CA Certified Electrician. 

With a keen eye for promising deals and a rigorous analytical approach, I am confident in my ability to identify and execute successful investments. 

The tub reglazing will be the biggest cost and a shower curtain would cover the old tub from view in the short term.

We made the mistake of buying a brand new Toyota and a 41 ft camper (financed).

There are 12 states that require NMLS registration and a state license for ANY loan on a 1 to 4 unit.. the rest of the states you may make a commercial purpose non owner occupied loan without a license.

The real money is in Chick Fil A or Raising Cane's where they pay tons of rent and usually do more sales than Starbucks, Mcdonalds, and a Subway store put together.Now of course the diamond tenants that pay lots of rent want the best locations as it's not really about the rent they pay it's more about how much sales per foot they think they can generate and profit for the site.Example a restaurant could pay 100k in rent but do 1.5 million in sales for 7.5 percent rent to sales ratio.

When looking for a primary residence look at the rents in the area an determine of you could rent it out if/when you decide to move then you have a rental property and a primary residence. 

In cases where I rent a room I just rely on checking they have a professional health care license and a job in the area but that is only because the roommate is my son.  

We also heard a lot of chatter and a lot of interest in some traditionally less sexy, midwestern markets like Kansas City, Columbus, etc.

;-O For Pace Morby I saw that there was also a second level and a third level with much higher entry costs like $20,000 or something.