I have 5 students who's lease expired and they all moved out, upon inspection inside my rental home, I found damages, took photos of it. hired some contractors from thumbtack app and facebook locally to fix some major wall scuffing, repainting  and many more issues. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/r...It's not necessarily a positive mention, but there it is:Local buyers bid against one another as well as against investors who now comprise about a fifth of annual home sales nationall...

Will the owner provide some type of scratching pads (these can be hung over door knobs) to save your woodwork and even walls from a cats natural tendency to attempt to sharpen claws?   

I don't want to waste my money on some guru who will just tell me what I already know.

I have been looking for a way to "pre-analyze" deals so that I don't have to waste more time analyzing deals that are ultimately duds.

The amount you receive from ordinary income (401k distributions) is combined with your social security (after you start collecting) and due to its ordinary income status, can cause you to pay taxes on SSI....reducing your available income at the whim of the government....in retirement when you don’t have many options to generate income in a typical retirement situation.If you’re working a W2 for a while, and investing in your 401(k) at the same time-getting the match-you’ll be contributing to social security taxes today, and will be “entitled” (ie, forced to take) them later.Also, a lot of 401(k)s have 1.5%+ fees in the generic options...enriching Wall Street to almost as much as yourself with “free money”.I recommend you read “The Power of Zero” by David McKnight and “401(k)aos” by Andy Tanner.

I had to cancel with my agent and felt like I had wasted everyone's time.

I currently am experiencing the same for a foundation wall that collasped.

Specific performance litigation is a waste of money and an attorney will likely tell you so once they've run your pockets dry.

How are you handling the new organic waste recycling requirements?