(7) For a beach condo, the view is extremely important.

My Spanish is at about the level of a 3 year old ;) The callers will either keep it extremely simple, or put someone on the phone that does speak English.We haven't signed a lease with a non English speaking tenant, but my attorney said the official language of leases is English and if they sign it without understanding it, they are still bound by it.

I'm waiting to hear back still but I may be going under contract very soon on a sfr in Redford that should cash flow extremely well.

As of now only two of the four units are rented (I'm also be extremely careful about who I rent to since it's M/F).All that being said, I would gage your market closely and if tenants can get the same property as yours cheaper, then they'll do that, so be careful about wanting to raise the rents.

In Cook Institutional were never a huge issue as it is always extremely competitive anyway.

Im currently paying 5.25%Hard money is extremely expensive compared to LOC money.

Proper valuation will be extremely important for multiple reasons.

I'm not extremely familiar with middle-Ohio real estate - you mention some tax-record appraisals....

I'm extremely happy I did it because it looks out of this world!

RECO will be quick to shut you down, agent or not.I am a believer in "learning curves" (OK, yes, I have an extreme case of analysis paralysis), but just bare with me.