@Youssef Menkhour congrats on securing your first property and negotiating on your second.I agree that landlord expect a negotiation after the inspection (as they know the repairs that are needed) but there are a few that wont budge.

This is a pretty good method of getting very accurate comps without having to guess at other things.

Most Hard Money Lenders have a minimum of $50k.Here are two good resources to find lenders:https://www.scotsmanguide.com/Residential/LenderSe...https://privatelenderlink.com/You can bring in a private money lender to provide the $25k secured by 1st Trust Deed.Where is the property located ?

So if I start with a duplex or a quad as my first property my goal would be to have a net cash flow of $500I intend to use the "BRRRR" (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) method but have never used this strategy before so I still have a lot to learnIf I only close on two deals starting in 2019 then I will need to find another 20 deals in the remaining four years (2020-2024) that also meet this criteriaBeyond 2024 I plan to continue to scale even more over the next 3-5 years with an end goal of financial independence by ~2030 (meaning that I will not work a "day job" but will passively manage my real estate portfolio)Biggest hurdle: I'm going to be living outside of the US for the next 3 years and will (likely) not be able to physically see any properties that I plan to purchase.

Without bringing up the lease again and aggravate him even more as he wanted to talk to his attorney (according to what he said/presented he is a kid with rich parents with attorney), what some other ways to minimize the situation (ensuring no random security issue / damages on house and car), get my garage and driveway back, and get him to leave peacefully as soon as possible?

We made an aggressive offer and secured the land.

I think in might add more job security and bring more people to that location but again, those are not the hi-paying jobs like it would be the case of amazon HQ2. 

I've had many LTR's where after a year I have to repaint the entire home, replace appliances and do other repairs that easily exceed the security deposit. 

But after this incident we informed the tenant the dog had to be secured at all times. 

I figured I would appear as a low risk to a lender, but I've been shocked by crazy stuff before, so part of me was concerned.After doing some more research, it looks like I need to look into a "secured loan".