Your insurance should cover the damage to your home only (if you file a claim with insurance) and if the tenant doesn't pay, I would evict immediately.

(eg, small claims court or other)I spoke with the title company and they said to contact my RE agent.

The auxiliary heat, if used often, it can be expensive as it works just like regular heaters.In NC, heat pumps work very well, a lot cheaper than propane in my experience.

I haven't read any of the materials by this author, he may be fantastic and have very good techniques, so my comments are not directed at him as to any claim, I'd have to hear that for myself

You can sell it right now on a quit claim deed but that would be an uninsured title and you'd have to sell it well below market value to find a buyer.

If it's a regular listing agent, commission payment is usually 3% to 6% I think, but payment can be flexible.

He called it an American Bulldog, and claimed it was not a pit bull.

You can claim rents as income if you have "experience" as a landlord.

If they balk at providing those to you, ask them to send them to your lawyer or CPA for the sole purpose of verifying their claims on the rental amounts.

@Marvin Spears,You are on a site that will prove far more valuable to you than any guru you can find, anywhere, at any price.The whole guru, coach and the latest fad, information marketer 'scamdustry' just makes my skin crawl.If they were as good as they claimed, they couldn't afford the cut in pay to become a guru or a coach or an information marketer.