I would also suggest you becomve pre-qualified for a mortgage to eliminate any surprises.

I will have to occupy one of these units as per the FHA requirements (and conveniently meeting my companies requirements as well, stated earlier).

You'll be surprised of the initial costs for "1 week" if you don't do you due diligence.

We are humble people and, if anything, are overly understated when discussing our properties.That said, I've been surprised by some of the reactions we've gotten from non-investors.

I was surprised to see the positive feedback.

But to make copies for them and myself, it is much more convenient to do the email thing, even though I don't prefer it, some times the tenants are all about emails and such.

If you don't think that mistakes can cost you more than that, you might be in for a surprise.

We charged her for the extra days she was actually IN the house, and worked with her because she had (not surprisingly) accumulated a LOT of stuff, but it took forever for her to get her things out of the garage, and for her to get rid of all the trash.

We will see.Recently I'd been told that cast iron waste pipes tend to crack when they are not used for quite a while, so don't be surprised if the camera inspection shows that to be the case.

If you tell the agent you are a "cash buyer", don't be surprised to hear something like "almost all properties have positive cash flow when paying all cash" ...:)