HOA's can literally destroy your cashflow, and you can get a lot more bang for your buck with a small multi-family, 2-4 units.

He's generally been pretty amicable, but I suspect that's because we had a mini-bidding war between myself and two other potential buyers and I offered $500 over list (still below nearby comps)Anyway, I was there on Saturday and discovered that the tenant absolutely destroyed the backyard by pulling a large truck in from the street while it was wet, leaving deep impressions on the ground and killing most of the grass.

Its crazy, Fannie is single handedly destroying this neighborhood.

They aren’t necessarily destroying my property but they aren’t cleaning the floors, kitchen, or bathrooms.

If you co-mingle money between the entities you destroy your veil and the entity could be disregarded by the courts. 

It's "grandfathered" in and allowed to exist...hence the "legal non-conforming" but if it was ever destroyed, one would not be allowed to rebuild the back single family home.

As long as the tenants aren't destroying your properties and causing havoc, I would say stick with what you are(clearly) good at.

There is no valid reason to file a note and a certified copy carries no weight other than evidence that it was made and that is recited in the secuirty agreement and is evidence of the debt created.If any note is lost or destroyed, the holder simply makes an affidavit of lost note and delivers that along with any release required which is filed for record.

I have worked on homes where squirrels got into the house ( usually chewing a hole through soffit) and then they just started destroying things little by little.I worked on a house where squirrels chewed right through the electrical wiring.

VA also adds a mandatory wood destroying insect report.Dorchester and especially Roxbury are in a weird space right now.