If you search through some of  @Bill Gulley 's old posts you'll see a lot of discussion on Dodd-Frank, the Safe Act, etc, their objectives and the resistance to them at the time they were brought into being.

A good rule of thumb to be safe is to wait until their current lease expires and then implement your rent increase to whatever you want (of course justifiable according to your specific market rents).

I think you are safe not assuming any Cap Ex for the next 4 years as it is a new build but you will want to start saving for when those do come up.

I've been looking at a lot of properties online and one of 2 things usually happens: either the seller over estimates the property (overstates price and rental rates around the area), or it's a 3rd party/wholeseller who I have to refresh their memory about the property.

Biggerpockets http://get.biggerpockets.com/forms/index/ has leases available, you can also look up online places such as legal zoom, law depot, and others.

We can measure the roof online and get specs. 

Im in seattle and im new to this space... any help would be appreciated

Hi BP,For those who rent out to students.. is there a "best" time to post and start advertising your listing online, and a time I should definitely avoid?

So you would def have them do the application online and fee.

After the property is available to rent, i.e. in between tenants or during occupancy a lot of those expenses can get their own safe harbors, not necessarily the deck minimus safe harbor.When the building could be moved into is when it's available for rent.