Explain that since a month to month lease leaves you vulnerable to a winter vacancy you will begin keeping your eyes open for a 1 year lease tenant.

Replied the Master, "When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path."

Keep your eyes open and double check even triple check your numbers and don't be greedy.

If I'm spend almost half a million of my hard earned dollars, I better have decided that I want it the second I lay eyes on it.

I'm in a county where 3% EMD is typical, and one county away where I also frequently do deals, $1,000 is perfectly normal (3% would make some people wide-eyed for how large it is).

I agree with Will that if insisting on tiling over the existing walls you will need to rough up what's there to ensure a good bond, definitely agree there will be lots of dust and little pieces of tile to clean up/pull out of your arms, legs and any other exposed parts of your body...be sure to protect your eyes and wear a mask!!!  

I'll keep an eye out for the meeting time and will look forward to meeting some more local investors.  

There are way too many variables inside a house that need to have eyes on the ground.

I'm currently looking for some eyes/boots on ground to take a look at properties I'm considering.

This thread is a eye opener.