It sounds like you'll be doing complete electrical...pre-wiring for phone and cable is easy enough and can avoid wiring rat's nests in the future.

(got more deals from that than any form of advertising)6) Often times people use their friend or family member always a bad idea.7) Realtors over price homes to get listings then work down the sellers over time (bad business). 8) General Arrogance many fancy themselves better than their clients.9) It is a career of sales smooth talking silver tunged schisters will say anything to close a deal.I always tell people what they need to hear not what they want to hear (always better)10) The idea that realtors don't realy earn their comm. couple phone calls couple sigatures thousands of dollars (often more than most working folks make in a month)I'll have to come back to this thread.

I have been living in this apartment for the past 14 years and paying all common charges/taxes and claiming on my tax return.

The AP continued, "he does not pay rent anymore but still advertises the address and a phone number at his Dallas management company, Associa, as his campaign contact information, records indicate."

As you grow, they don't and soon you no longer have anything in common.

I would obviously want to protect myself to be safe, but is a gun a common weapon for a landlord?

I am in the process of purchasing my first apt building and the only phone I have is my cell phone so could that be a write off or would I need to have a seperate business line?

We get several loans closed every week and it is common practice to pay 2-3k for even a 150k loan.

I find this statement to be just another common metaphor that lacks foundation or any proven results.

It had been listed since August, and our second closing date was January 30th.After politely listening to the closing attorney tell me that this was common with these bank attorneys, and that he had a number of closings pending for the same reason, and then scold me for personally getting involved and not letting them do their job and didn’t I know the bank had an out if they couldn’t prove title and I had no choice other than to extend closing or go away without my earnest money, I got a little pi**ed.