If so you can just replace the deadbolt and have make the lever a non-locking type but that looks like a screen door, don't you have a regular door behind it that locks?

Marketing, overhead, operations, what have you, this could be baked into your rate, furthermore, your lender is most likely not even providing the capital to fund the loan nor will they service it unless they are a credit union or the type of lender that does service it.

The person you spoke with may be referencing earnest money deposit (buyer showing the seller they have skin in the game; this can be refundable or non refundable).Some lenders require an application fee (junk fee) and those lenders typically are more expensive to begin with.

I want you to tell me which title companies are best, which attorney to use or not to use, and 100 or 1000 awesome pieces of advice.Good and great service is expensive.Bad service (self service) can be catastrophic.I truly believe people work way way too hard for their money, to throw it away on self disservice.

We were able to get the properties and put in some sweat equity and they were able to take a non producing asset and get an instant income back for a season.

Are you providing cable and high speed internet, security system, cleaning service etc?

First off  you have a CRIME FREE /Drug Free addendum on each tenant that lives in your rental.If you notice suspicious activity or have reports of the same you give tenant notice of high traffic / volume of people to unit as notice to cure.. if this continues or you see or smell drugs you give notice of non-compliance and lease termination. yes you can ask police for advise.. but your main goal is to limit the calls police have to make to your property so you don't want to be listed as a nuisance property. but if the issues warrants it yes call the cops and if a neighboring unit is worried tell them to call the cops sometimes you have to have a record of police calls to verify the issue so you can write up infraction for eviction action..

I know California is not so investor friendly due to high taxes and non landlord friendly regulation.Florida has high insurance costs in some areas?!

I also discovered the (linked right there on the Chancery Court's website, duh) the TN Rules of Civil Procedure, and realized that the proofs of service can be submitted individually as received, so I actually could have gone ahead against the other 4 without the 5th defendant being served. 

I have plans for land I want to purchase to build self-sustaining animal sanctuaries with vet services, growing food for them.Also more land to build self-sustaining low income/homeless developments, with career assistance, training, garden including growing vegetables to get them on their feet and possibly into home ownership when they move on if they wish it and they can also pay it forward.