It's very strong and to take a hammer to bash up the tile tends to also damage the plaster/drywall in the adjacent rooms.

The Vegas investors tend to stay away from them as they're all in fairly poor areas.  

Duplexes in nice areas over here tend to be snatched up almost immediately, so you might just want to scour redfin.com for awhile to familiarize yourself with prices instead of looking at particular properties.  

Where there's an air/vapor/thermal barrier, that's the thermal envelope.

If you were in the business of flipping houses, a more appropriate use of hard money, the interest would be considered a deductible business expense.These tend to be private loans, and are not reported to credit bureaus so they won’t affect your credit rating, good or bad.

Regional carriers tend to be better for rental portfolios as the underwriters are fairly local and they have a better grasp on values and coverage options common to your area.

As for power tools I love my cordless dewalt drill for small jobs but tend to buy the corded tools most of the time.the corded tools seem to last better and you do not have to worry about batteries and proper care on that.

I'm working my way there, but tend to get sucked back in sometimes :)

They tend to make more profit from the property than you do, unless you pay all cash.I agree with you that normally I would expect late payment collection to be covered under administration.

I have rented to two lawyers with no problems (they actually tend to know how stressful and difficult the legal system can be and probably want to avoid it as much as anyone, but you do everything by the book anyway, so no worries)..Also, look at consumer/car/other debt and payments.