Both of these water leaks damaged the kitchen base cabinets (brand new and installed in Aug 2017) resulting in moldly cabinets along the inside bases, damaged water resistance vinyl laminate floors in kitchen, damage to living room wood laminate floors, and a bedroom with moldy carpet due to leak from the the hole in bath tub.  

If you find someone they will pay you in assignment fee on top of reimbursing your earnest money.

Morning BiggerPockets world.I am currently on the first R and trying to plan my renovation in a way that maximizes my appraisal ( as expected)...I have the opportunity to save about a grand on my rehab by having a used HVAC system installed. 

Then create a patio/entry for each lower unit by a simple screen of an above-ground planter from the post to the stairs, or maybe at an angle to where the stairs begin.The rest is comparatively very simple... don't paint the brick, do the siding in a darker dusty green, the window muntins in a very dark gray (it'll match the black powder-coated hog wire balusters), get a very LARGE round fake attic vent for the gable,https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2196/8707/produc...and install a clete at the bottom of the gable which will look like a horizontal supporting member for the second-story columns.Lose those shutters, paint the entry doors a very deep, rich color, with the first and second story doors slightly different.

Closing costs for everythIng (including $1,600 origination fee) will be $3,600.

You can probably form it on your own and just pay the state filing fee.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Yes, when you prevail, you may recover your fees...but the other party knows it's a long, expensive road to that point and figures sooner or later, no individual can outlast them.

You can find them for around $350ish an they are easy to install.  

They would probably do the current house but take a long time, have expensive fees, and the local mortgage officer doesn't know anything about investment properties.