Meaning, automatically turn on power when a tenant leaves...Or, is this to difficult with multiple power options.

I recommend that you learn the tax code and take ownership over your strategy.Not having some foundational knowledge and an opinion on how to approach taxes as a business owner is a huge mistake.In my experience, every single business owner who says "I just let my CPA worry about it and I focus on my business" is doing a suboptimal job at tax planning.They are likely missing out on 10s or hundreds of thousands in saved dollars every year.Stop making excuses and get to work.Just a few months of part-time learning about taxes will pay you for the rest of your career.

But might help others avoid this pitfall…when a mortgage is transferred between banks, I’m learning they don’t record a lien release with the county. 

Our thought process, is that we should purchase a property in the villages or very close by as this is a very good middle ground for the said areas above.

This is a new underwriting guideline of the insurance companies because they haven’t been profitable and must raise the rates and lower the risk factors in order to comply with state regulations on adequate reserves and future solvency.  

After a few long months we secured a long term retail tenant to call this place home.

A situation happened to me recently (my fault completely), I hired a landscaper, did not have a full contract into place and just had text threads between us..

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Now, my focus is on building a strong portfolio, deepening my industry knowledge, and creating generational wealth through strategic investments.Welcome to the area!

You can determine what a decent salary would be for someone in your market and then reverse-engineer to see if what you're paying as a salary, plus the projected performance commission, will get you there.