I’m not sure who paid legal fees but they must have been significant. 

Not sure which way to turn.Thanks,David I believe banks prefer a W2 over a 1099 as it is typically more consistent income where you have an annual salary or paid rate of hours that is more consistent.

Here in Portland, there are a couple of different landlord groups/companies that offer pre-made forms.

pretty simple - Insurance and property taxes are included in the mortgage and the utilities are paid for by tenant.

I paid for a lifetime membership and then still got charged. 

A year ago I recently purchased my first multi family to house hack and I rant into a issue when the seller paid for a electrical upgrade to the home.

I paid the first $5K but started having second thoughts because of high vacancy rates in the area.

As they are getting paid to provide a service.

I did a "blind" assessment where I paid/reimbursed a close family friend to go in as a guest because there were a lot of details I wasn't privy to- and wanted to understand (the whole experience and process from the guest perspective from the initial inquiry, emails, etc.).They shared the email communications (some of which was glitchy or not quite as good as what I'd expect, or told me of delays in receiving responses).

I wasn’t prepared to lose so much of my savings as carrying cost basically I paid for the tenants to live there for 3 months + my own living expenses in that time.