With that refi, I bet that you could get more than a cheeseburger and could probably get a few breakfast tacos from your two favorite restaurants fedex'd to you overseas so as to continue the debate over who has the best tacos and chase it down with a good German beer or Belgium beer, depending upon preference. 

I don't want to frustrate my contractor (who was awesome) with a bunch of paper work and chasing receipts. 

Yes I realize I'm maybe lucky here in the wild south (GA area where city/county inspectors don't chase after simple rehabs/fixups. 

I'm also a lawyer though and they know I'd probably chase them forever...

When the market is good everyone is chasing the low/mid hanging fruit. 

If this tenant finds a place to move and leaves you are now chasing them for whatever your lease penalty is for breaking a lease or going after them in court. 

IF they don't and the ACH reverses, then they're in the hole and chasing the tenants.After the funds clear, the PM needs to pay any bills on your behalf, collect their fee, make your payment, and generate a report.

@Chase Novotny If you finance the house hack with a conventional owner occupant loan or a government backed loan like an FHA you’ll be considered an owner occupant and be required to live in that property for at least a year.

I could hire other people and have them on "Standby" to do repairs but they cant handle evictions and chasing after tenants for money.

“It feels like I’m being chased out of my own home, and it’s the worst feeling in the world.”Rents are starting to surge in many parts of the country as the economy reopens and young people return rapidly to cities.