Although I am a big fan of replacing mechanicals in my rentals up front.Go through your list and separate the 'Do right now' from the 'Can wait a while'.

We are a big fan of LLCs. 

But I am still active with my real estate investing, and I tried to put an offer in on a property as an investor, and crap hit the fan.

The only reason for this to even be remotely acceptable is if you are frequently out of touch for some reason and even them there should be an agreed upon price range.

. - at least among the countries that I frequently spend time in (In Europe, Asia and N America).I think this arrogant attitude comes partly from the slavish adulation of a good bunch of the public, which is evident from some of the posts in this thread.

A case in point is private notes, which we use frequently in our portfolio because they can be obtained on terms more favorable than what a borrower gets borrowing from professional lenders like banks.

Most building codes either require a window or a fan in all baths.

I am not a fan of government workers in general and would love to go after this guy, but it probably wouldn't be worth it.

At night he turns on a fan with dull back lighting.

Finding and dealing with contractors is probably the hardest part of this business, and you're going to have to make some tradeoffs.I'm a big fan of the "Better, Faster, Cheaper -- Pick 2" approach when it comes to contractors.