Soon she asked me to sign a piece of paper that says she can record meetings we have together and that she can go into my apartment and record things if ncessary.

The 2 year buyout was needed to really make this work and give me piece of mind. 

Here's why.People are drawn to our area due to the absence of natural disasters, low property taxes, home prices close to the national median, and a thriving tech and research hub, coupled with the life sciences sector.Considering the ongoing influx of people and the likely rate adjustments announced by the Fed for later in this year, we anticipate prices actually  rising as buyers enter the market.

(has anyone actually read all the documentation for these loans to see if something addresses this?)

I’m working to refine this process as I’ve just gotten professional photography done of all my buildings and I’m working to get a website and a link to an online application that I think will increase the number of actual applications I receive.

Virtually all basements are going to have water concerns, whether from high water table, moisture attempting to move from soil to concrete/concrete block to air, actual infiltration from walls, etc.

The advantage of flat rates instead of increases is the tenant becomes used to it, if they leave early you’ve actually collected higher rents, and you have an easy sell for rent increases when you “haven’t increased rent in 3 years.”  

BY illegal I mean airbnb part of your home and living in the other half (nothing actually illegal about it.

However, we keep coming back to the potential that the best first deal actually lies in a property that my mom owns in San Diego.

You'll want to make sure it is actually legal.