One person booked at the normal rate instead of what we quoted and the other somehow had a pet fee attached which we still don’t understand since we do not have that as an option.  

Now is probably a good time to gear up for future deals when interest rates or prices or both drop, but good deals are few and far between right now.

Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, etc), sophisticated rate management and paying all state and local hotel taxes.

Matt Penland with State Farm was able to get me better coverage and cut my rates over TN Farm Bureau. 

BRRRR is my favorite although it's getting difficult to do these days with interest rates as high as they are.

Super low down payment and much much better rates and terms. 

If I'm understanding correctly, we could keep our 1st duplex with the FHA loan (until rates lower then we'll refinance) and then still use an FHA loan for our 2nd duplex since we have lived there for over a year?

Generally it is rated based on the # of properties, # of vehicles, and Limit (sold in multiples of $1,000,000).  

Purchase price: $900,000 Cash invested: $100,000 In an investing environment where intrest rates are high, creative financing can help maximize cash flow.

Your gang of thieves (and it would take a gang) might have better odds  of success knocking off armored cars at high noon or kidnapping wealthy children for ransom (a crime with a near-zero success rate in the developed world today).Get the case number, contact the USPIS independently, see if this rent heist story isn't really a snow job.