What would you have done in the inspector found a large issue such as significant foundation issues.I never recommend a newbie waive the standard contingencies unless they are willing to loose their good faith money. 

@Michael K Gallagher going to self manage the Airbnb since we will live in same building Doing STR to increase cashflow of that unit vs what a LTR could bring inAlthough later we might change that to a standard LTR

How long is the standard period to pay back the investor?

For clarity, the stairs are not in disrepair, but the first "step" is from dirt to the first rung on the stairs which is a few inches more than standard height.

@Marita that all seems pretty standard for a commercial loan.

Either by installing cool/funky lighting, instead of the standard/boring builders grade lights.

I used to want to write what I thought would work, but instead stopped worrying about how perfect it was sounding and just got them out there in a standardized form.

I tried to get my parents to let me take a gap year but they insisted I go to school immediately and I only stayed there for a semester because I didn't have money and couldn't find a job while I was there so it didn't make sense for me to stay.It's not necessarily that I think college isn't smart, it's more that the standard recommendation when talking to high school seniors should be more along the lines of, take some time and actually figure out if it makes sense for you.

Do other landlords include a furniture deposit aside from the standard rental deposit?

Basically I would like to write her checks as an independent contractor (as she performs the work), with no taxes paid as long as she stays under the standard deduction of $12,400.00 per year.