Note however, that while items #1 thru 3 may be quite material to defending a lien, they did not prevent me from creating a compensable lien out of proof that I had paid property tax on someone else’s parcel.I’m in general agreement with your item (4), “In order to create a lien hold position, a suit would need to be filed and judgment entered in favor of me, as creditor.”

You can increase the prices by 60% and still come out to less than $100 a month for the capex on those 3 items. 

Speaking with other investors, the primary reason is based on the kind of tenants that would be placed in the rental condos, turnover, noise control - items that a normal live-in owner would make sure they self-control. 

Aside the usual due diligence/screening and placement of tenants, payment of property taxes etc, what are other items I need to point out to him during our meeting?

These will include items like insurance, property taxes, repairs, maintenance, and management.

They are both very responsible and would make great homeowners, it's the down payment in their market that has them stuck.I posted this on Facebook and got lots of feedback on the NOW generation spending too much money on non-asset-backed items and experiences.

I add it to the end of the notes.It's not a line item that "comes back" to me in the HUD.  

Books with specific tips and actionable items would be the latter type.

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I do understand that it would make sense that I would have implicitly capitalized items as part of the purchase price if the seller had done these things before I made the purchase.