He said this is to ensure the heater and gas line are installed per code and are safe to operate.I have owned this house almost 4 years but the wall-heater was there before I purchased the house.

May take a community college/online course.

Go to the website for the town> then the Tax Assessor page> then look for a link to online property information databaseThere are several different companies providing this service in MA, so it is easiest to simply start with the town website and go from there. 

With your schedule it would be beneficial to find a way to invest passively or semi-passively by either lending to an investor who is doing things in your market, or through an established online platform or fund that you invest in completely passively.

But this symptom on the blinds matches nothing I can find online around former meth-labs.Anyone ever heard of or seen anything like this? 

People are more willing to park 20% down payment into a property and take a 4% return on their money because it's "safe" 

I don't expect that with these others purchases but thought 7-9% vacancy was a 'safe' % given my experience.

I am looking at another piece of property in the same area so I may go ahead and open the account just to be on the safe side...my wife may kill since she does our books right now, but I think it may help...at least in the short term.

Unlike leads you can order online from a generic website, I can guarantee that the leads I pull are fresh (60 days or less), off market, and I use a ranking system to determine which sellers are most motivated based off of factors such as the executor of the property living in a different state and the amount of siblings the house has been inherited by.

Finally, remember to be safe and go for the higher number in your analysis and that way you aren't caught off guard at the end.