It seems to have held up for the past 5-6 years except for around the sink where, I guess, people might gets water there frequently and perhaps scrub or wipe down the area frequently.Once the current tenants are out we'll probably just replace the countertops.

We use their services frequently and they are one of our preferred vendors! 

Most of the time they arrive after I've gone to bed, so I knew it was frequent just not that frequent.The Lease states:'The individuals named as "Tenant" in Section 1 of this Lease and any of their children named in such Section 1 are the only individuals who may occupy the Premises, and the Premises may be used only as a private residence for those individuals.

Agents frequently approach me and describe cash back deals that they were convinced were legitimate.

For example in my market I'm interested in land & infill development, so I took a course on it that was offered by a local developer on how to do this, and started attending the meetups and Q and A's associated with this.It became clear that there is a substantial demand for realtors that understand land development & deals in my market, people would be frequently posting on the facebook group that they couldn't find any realtors that could help them with this area.Anything works though - the more you educate yourself on investing whether it be rent to owns, developments, flips etc if you become an expert in any of these more investors will want to work with you.Another cool strategy is connecting with a bunch of local wholesalers and offering to provide them comps. 

For example I have it set to auto categorize the trip from my house to the grocery store I frequent as a personal trip so I don't have to manually do it. 

Frequently the terms of the sale will say  “buyer pays all fees and closing costs.  

To be brief, I needed my brother to co-sign on the mortgage for me because I had changed jobs frequently the past few years.

Tenants in apartments are less stable, meaning they are moving in and out more frequently.

I would rather know they have prior experience with the build type and frequent experience with the municipality governing over the inspection processes.