A good trick for this is to read your homeowners insurance policy.

First off... sweet Drake/Lil' Wayne reference.The thing about multi-unit (if you're living in one of the units) is that it tricks you into thinking your personal resident is an asset.

On REOs, there's only been one time that a seller/bank refused to pay us our commission because we were representing ourselves as buyers (and they pretty much "tricked" us by including the clause in another amendment, hoping we wouldn't see it).

Roofer tried every trick in the book to intimidate me for more money and to finish the roof as planned. in the end he took the $1,100 as the contract i signed said I'll compensate him 10% to cancel the contract. 

Also happy to share our opinion, tools, tips, tricks, resources.

If it's safety, then only allowing tenants with 3x income/rent, 650+ credit score, and clean background check should do the trick.

The cash-flow is not being taxed at the high tax rates.Furthermore, you have a large disposal of tax tricks in the event of an exit plan.

What are some good books or podcast on investing in student housing in college markets? Any tips are welcome also.

And even though we know it didn't take them just a half-hour, the shows trick us into thinking 2-3 months is much faster.It's like the vaccination against stupidity wears out every 18-months and we have to do something stupid to act as a booster shot (Sorry about the vaccine metaphors.

It's kinda tough to get things done advertising to the enemy all your best tools and tricks.