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If someone gets hurt, your tenant likely knows who you are and their lawyer will name you in the suit. 

I plan to update the vacant unit that I will occupy, so ideally I would keep all of the tenants in place during that process.

Jerry, Ideally, you would have your contractor come out with you before you make an offer.

Some of my hobbies include snowboarding, cycling, hiking, reading, and cooking.My job is mostly remote and I've seriously decreased my workload through automation, so I'm looking for something else to do that will give me good hands-on experience in the REI world, and ideally earn some extra $ on the side. 

If they happen to put one of their family members in the basement a la mother in law suite, that is on them.

Ideally, I will be house hacking a duplex or triplex in the Dallas area in three or four years to coincide with my companies move, then turning my Austin home into a rental unit.As a San Diegan I have very limited knowledge of Austin‘s Real Estate market aside from the obvious, a sellers market with a constant influx of individuals such as myself. 

It’s not ideal, but nothing really is in situations like this when there are hundreds of thousands of applicants.I wish you the best Michaela and hope to hear your experience with the process!!

Very small margins and difficult to get that ideal ROI where the numbers fit.

this seemed like an ideal property for cash flow as well as further development of the 9.5 acre lot.