Hi everyone,I recently discovered this forum, and it's really been helpful to me.

You really learn a LOT on your first one, I suspect I'll learn a LOT on my second as well.I was hoping there might be a standard program where they will agree to increase the taxes at a more reasonable rate, and get me to the assessed value over three years or something along those lines. 

If you do come across a unicorn multi that isn't a complete gut most house hackers run into the issue with the standard of living for their investment property and their own house are drastically different.I would suggest looking out in Delaware county for a multi, much higher inventory 3+ units, and a larger percentage of cleaner multis as well. 

Is this common or is there a standard percentage (50%)? 

Standard flippers color, goes with essentially everything, and works well with a white ceiling in my book. 

I think many of us can point to a time in our lives where we discovered something and it just completely changed our worldview. 

Is it O.K. liability wise, to have a handyman:Replace a bathroom light fixture.Replace a ceiling fan.Replace a switch.Replace an outlet.Replace a standard screw in lightbulb.Repair a loose outlet box.  

Looking at 5 yr terms on a 20yr amortization seems pretty standard.

We got a fresh loan paid off his existing mortgage it was all pretty standard.

@Peter Morgan this is standard practice in the insurance industry.