This ultimately led to me offering them the opportunity to break the lease early which is fine with us; the unit needs updating and sooner is better.

Some people want to refinance cash back and have even better cash flow...also fine if you can find those properties.

Most private Landlords should be fine with a boatload of pictures or a simple paper checklist.

However you will get landlords who tell you that a tenant is fine just so that they can get out of their property and into yours.

I personally started with a llc and looking back would have probably been fine with out it.

@John Neff Surprised it wasn't mentioned yet - Building Wealth One House at a Time by John Schaub.It's a nice reminder that a conservative approach to building a portfolio over time works just fine.

Fine and dandy.

Cosmetics can be fine, it all depends on where you need that refi to be in order to get money out and repeat.

Structurally it was fine, but a tenant left one side cosmetically destroyed.

But by saying "students only" you are discriminating against other classes, including familial status.I don't agree that it would be fine to advertise "great location for students" because you should always avoid advertising TO a specific demographic, as that is implicitly saying "if you're not a student, this is not a great location for you".