I'd probably pay the plumber (Service call $100) and not worry about it.

I recommend they call a rooter service to have lines snaked.

That's not super thorough or safe for either of you. 5) Use a third party loan servicer to make your monthly payment collections easier as well as the end of year tax documents needed.

Obviously these are just projections based on a data-aggregation service, so take them with a grain of salt and verify them with more research, but hopefully it helps a little!

Would you pay for a subscription model say $1000 a month where you got access to knowledgeable investor agent who had zero stake on if the transaction closed but provided you with local knowledge, strategies, ran comps, looked over deals, even looked over home inspection reports, talked in the phone, basically a consultant (you could possibly tack on services like writing offers or seeing a property in person) my thought is if you buy a property relatively quickly, it’s much cheaper than paying 2.5% even if you end up paying for the service for a few month’s and realize it’s not a good time for you to buy you are only out a few thousand dollars as opposed to hundreds of thousands of dollars, this would basically take the agent’s need to sell you a home out the process, presumably there motivation would be to keep you subscripted for as long as possible but you could easily just cancel and if you were interested in buying later resubscribe than.

- own them outright- plan to owner finance at 10% down 10% interest I use a title company and attorney for closing along with servicing company once done. 

I am going to allocate some time daily to just run numbers on active deals.

She lives in Yokosuka and is a very active investor.  

What are your thoughts about the cost of the CPA services.

However, I will still be required to pay income tax on the income generated from my private lending activities.