@Gino Barbaro- That's good, straightforward advice that's easy to follow. 

For example, if I was going to rent a place that was $1000 to someone starting July 15, we would collect $2,500, with the next rent payment to be made on August 1, as follows: $1,000 deposit; $1,000 last month's rent; $500 pro-rate. 

Pick a place that will make you happy, and the profits will follow.

Furthermore, if the appraiser 's average is $50K per unit, his or her adjustments (Time,Condition,Location,Size) can easily push the adjusted Sale Comparison average above $55K per unit $1,430,000 Closer to your concluded Income Value of $1.5M.

Like you said, they follow the order of what is recorded. 

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A few other things to consider:-If your plan is to mortgage the second property you should verify beforehand that the refinance on your current primary residence won't push your debt to Income ratio too high to get approval on the new mortgage. 

I follow up asking what happened and he will ignore me or ask for more dates I am available then the cycle repeats by nobody showing up or they show up hours late. 

I use Home Depot as they are closest to me and I found the following link to be extremely helpful in determining the "bang for the buck" in the different types of paint.

Have you followed The military Guide???