The ABC’s of real estate investing 4-hour work week The Medici effect Better decisions fewer regrets Never split the difference Anger Most real estate books share the same stuff, for sure read as many as possible but these and many other books will help with all the other non direct real estate knowledge.

Kiyosak , and "The Abcs of Commercial Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy.

I find my SFR architect has no real clue on the development side and argue with them constantly with over engineering.. finally got him to put our homes on a lumber diet...

Hey Dan,I’m not arguing or pushing back, but truly, I’m just curious and want to know why.

I would argue that self-management generally has costs that rival the management fee:  1)  Inability to be attentive to guest inquiries in a timely fashion, resulting in lost bookings, 2) Inability to quickly respond to repairs and maintenance during the guest's stay, "we are lost and can't find the property", and lots of other surprises, which result in refunds over the course of a year. 

So if you charged them $100 it's likely no one is going to argue with you over the cost and you're not going to seem unreasonable.

Our financial planner argues that we’d pay more in interest rates than return on investing the cash.  

Not only are those difficult to argue with, they actually do serve a purpose in helping warn BP members of real danger that may be lurking out there - common with gurus, for example, shady wholesalers, and other fringe players. 

It was not an attack on you in any way.No one can argue the points I made and this proves what I said actually is true.

If they then bring in a pet you can hold them to the lease, but if it was a change in tenancy they may argue that the previous landlord verbally allowed them to have a pet or knew about the pet and didn't do anything.