I hope to teach my kids what I've learn, but without the pain (or therapy bills!). 

Gloves, Tyvek suit, respirator, therapy.

A common mistake is to try to massage numbers to figure out how it MIGHT work so that you can rush into a deal just to say you did it.  

I prefer to ask my local lawyer who specializes in landlord/tenant law and has leases that they used for decades on thousands of cases and they have been changed and massaged for local rules.  

Also look at syndicator and make sure they are not using short term debt to massage the numbers early on to get an investment. 

Also, as of late, tenants are pushing the "therapy animal" legal get around for "pets." 

All this is very familiar to me as I do Travel Physical therapy with many years experience, plenty of reserves, excellent credit history and a weekly bring home of approx 1400 net or better.  

Thank you, everybody, for responding to my post, I sent you all a private massage 

sure it requires more disclosures to be signed like FHA Cert/amend that needs to be signed by all parties and for older buildings you'll need Lead based paint (LBP) disclosures signed by all parties and these arent physically hard things to do but it shapes the perception of the seller of more perceived risk if there are no professional lenders or agents present to explain and massage these forms in the psyche of the seller/buyer conversation.Are there repairs to FHA that make it more difficult ? 

We put in a dining room/ping pong table, a massage chair, games, puzzles, a sound system, grill...these things are often mentioned in my reviews and I think are the cherry on top that most stand out to people. 4.