Tenants may not care as much, therefore there may not be a big discount for the lack of space. 

P.S. - you don't care if you don't hire a professional photographer.3.

One thing to be careful with though is that if you go the personal loan route, you need to ensure your DTI is still fine and you will still qualify for your VA loan assumption AND the second mortgage.

I don’t care. 

Only way I would ever do it again, is if that contract is written much more carefully and explicitly.

And who is taking care of the landscaping/snow removal? 

I DO NOT care whether he drives a Toyota himself.

I’ll take care of buyer commission.  

The previous owner took exceedingly good care of the building and there was nothing that need to be done except to raise the rents.

I have yet to have a guest ask for a refill or mention the quality (I tried to pick a nice-looking, not-too-expensive brand).Be careful with the scents -- I had a run of people pulling out and hiding the scents and one or two people complained that they were scent-sensitive in private notes.