On the flip side, I understand that I have a legal (and moral) responsibility to provide a safe environment for health and property for other tenants, and that I could be held legally liable if I knowingly rent to someone with a theft conviction and that tenant steals from another tenant.He hasn't been convicted (yet), but I'm not sure if that means I can, or can't, rent to them based on that.The applicant passes my minimum credit score (which is low already at 550) and income requirement. 

Hey BP,My wife & I are getting ready to close and begin a live-in flip project in two weeks, and my contractor said that it might be more beneficial to install a handicap accessible shower with a bench as opposed to installing a new tub (the current tub needs replacing anyway).

Ask about the financial health of the HOA.

There was poo around the pipe and toilet paper piled up near the pipe and one of the tenants left open while it was raining and is now going into the sewer causing it to become a health hazard.

If you literally just closed two weeks ago, then your first monthly mortgage statement hasn't even arrived yet, the CD has all the pertinent information on it that would also be on that statement.In general, recall that you don't have to give anyone anything that you don't want to, and they don't have to give you the HELOC, so that's kind of the dynamic at play (excluding "protected class" things like a doctor's note attesting to your continued good health, or your religious affiliation).

What are you good and bad experiences with:Kitchens: countertops, flooring, appliances, etc.Bathrooms: tile types and materials, shower/bath (plastic insert vs. tub & tile, etc.), toilets, faucets, etc.General: flooring, window treatments, anything else.Thanks!

When you talk to town planning, ask for a list of surveyors and trades people (specifically well and septic at the Environmental Health Department) since you'll need these permits even if there is an existing well and septic since you are technically performing an alteration.

- nearly all brokers are 1099, just like Realtors (W2s come with 401ks and subsidized health insurance, why would a bank give someone a W2 and let them broker loans elsewhere to get the client a better rate?

Other than reglazing the bath tub we replaced everything.

Once you start the eviction process, if she calls in the health department for supposed deficiencies in the unit, they're considered "retaliatory" and they don't stop the eviction.