I would also like to know of any other tips or practices that I should make sure I do on the next home to make sure I cover myself.

Estimating repairs is a skill that takes some time and practice.

I'm a fellow BayArea native and I invest here, in Austin since I'll be relocating there end of year and pretty heavy in Ohio and Michigan for cash flow.

If that is the case, you keep her money as liquidated damages and start your marketing engine back up in earnest.As a matter of practice, I NEVER stop marketing until a lease is signed.

What are the best practices that you've found to manage multiple properties and servicers when lenders sell their loans?

I know people that have had long standing retail and restaurant businesses and had their leases not renewed by landlords which basically put them out of business because relocation was either too expensive or they never made up their revenue in the new location.Just so you know where I am coming from, I purchased an existing retail wine and liquor store in a rented space about 7 years ago.

The work you do is entirely related to acceptable real estate practices and2 you can document over 750 hours in those practices and those hours exceed the number of hours you work in your profession (outside of RE)This was set up to prevent people from using REI as tax havens.  

Most of them want me to fill out a form to get more info, but I know if I fill out forms with a dozen of these, I'll get buried in spam for months -- a lesson I learned long ago after searching for mortgage rates.So far, the only site I've seen that provides any concrete, practical information is Equity Trust.

As a result, only a few types of residential owner financing remain practicable.

I will continue to rent it out when I relocate this year.