In my leases, I have a rule that dirty dishes can't remain in the kitchen sink or on the counters for more than 24 hours, and it worked well.

Though I totally understand the desire for privacy I have found that aside from the occasional shared kitchen use, most independent roommate situations rarely result in folks looking to hang out in the common areas.

The guys would try to push me right out of the way, have all the fun, then write up their report and leave me to do the dishes if I would have let them. 

Its common enough that I occasionally see houses for sale where they actually advertise that its already been set up as one of these.

Some schools also fill up in August, so instead of getting the school down the street, you could have a longer drive....so probably buying in the Spring is better if it is convenient for you.Every place has natural disasters, like we imagine fires, floods, mudslides, power outages, and more for CA, we do have an occasional wind storm or hail storm here.   

We typically do not rely on many of our opportunities coming from wholesalers, but that's not to say we're not occasionally interested in something they have to offer.In addition to scouring our farm area while we drive around to and from our properties, and looking at aged(100 day+) listings and new low priced distressed condition listings on the MLS, which is where many of our deals come from, we reach out to local agents in the area we're looking to invest and let them know we pay cash.

While we occasionally get seller concessions, it is not something you can count on.

I invest in non-performing notes, and occasionally need to foreclose on a property when we are unable to get the borrower(s) to re-perform or give us a deed-in-lieu.

At lease with MLS deals I can get lucky and find the occasional broker who doesn't understand what a cap rate is.

My pool is $125 per month for maintain, plus occasional other costs.