I personally have had bad luck trying to simply get in touch with the few FSBO properties my clients have tried to look at.

I usually will treat before a tenant moves in (if need be) and if later on down the road they call me complaining that there is roaches, fleas, etc... in their property I will simply repeat what the lease they signed says. 

Make sure your leases are very detailed and protect you as the owner.When it comes to doing pre/post rental inspections, it's simply a must.

I hate to switch from Mint since it has a couple of years of data on it, but manually entering all of my receipts is a giant pain.

Nothing against any of that as it's all necessary, but I don't seem to be able to locate a good group that is simply folks who want to learn, grow, and share ideas together.Does anyone know of any groups like that?

If you're buying for what she owes that $8000 is not a down payment, it's just cash to the seller for entering the deal.

Also, I would proceed with caution on the willingness to pay for the transfer fee on the SDIRA, for many reasons, one of is simply the cost.Hope this helps.

It is very well built but what really piqued my interest was the potential to convert the formal dining to a 4th bedroom simply by adding a door. 

In that case, you simply buy the appropriate extension and put your flooring in place.

The kitchen/dining room would have a door.I would relocate a door in the garage so that if I entered through the garage, I could still go upstairs without seeing the tenants and make a wall so that tenants couldn't go upstairs.The wall to wall carpet is in great condition but i guess I could take it out and put hardwood when the carpet gets old.I'm guessing the rennovation would probably cost around $30k.My current mortgage is 2800 and I owe about $500k but I need to buy my Ex out.1000sqft homes/apartments that are 2/1 in my area rent for about $3200/monthI could rent the top floor for maybe $3700/month (property manager rents my next door neighbors entire house with similar floor plan for $4500) How can I get financing toa. creatively buy my ex out (maybe pay her out in payments with low interest?).