Twice in the past 6 months, we have had someone (not the tenant) purposely damaging the AC unit. 

Real estate is a great way to build the wealth that can be sustainable for life even before you retire from a full time career, or keep real estate investing as the sole income and purpose. 

Just a few additional points for you to consider to hopefully get you on the right track:* Option to Buy and Lease are separate documents with separate purposes.* Tenants pay a NON-Refundable Option Consideration Fee in order to receive that option. 

In this case, again bc you don't intend to occupy the property, it is considered a general purpose loan and the required payback is over 5 years or less.

You don't want the appraiser to miss anything that might raise the value.As you know, for tax purposes, you need to keep track of your hard costs.

It is all still within the IRA owned LLC.We have many clients who open a checking account with a bank or brokerage for the purposes of managing alternative asset investments such as real estate, notes, etc.  

Tore this page out of the Scotsman Guide, junk mail that mortgage brokers get promoting guru stuff.

Often times the legal 2 will have the basement height but for loan purposes for fha for example it will count as a 2

It is theoretically possible that a super majority of unit owners could purposefully force a large portion of owners into assessment default, decrease the market for their condo when they wants to sell and have no flexibility in the event that they can no longer afford to live in the association (think 2008).  

They suck you into this little vortex where they want you to host/promote their workshops and the like.