I call it controlling the acquisition.

Too bad we lost the indoor ski facility down there - I was pretty excited about that!

To control risk, I want to put down at least 20% on my first property.Should I do multiple cash out refinances of my own home for each deal?

I hired a window company to replace them and usually find that hiring specialists is more time consuming (when building your team) but typically results in faster project turn-around and better control over each aspect of the rehab. i.e. fire the ones that suck without impacting other subs.

And puts the landlord in control. 

(Choose one)"own/control any property" ($500 "thank you" if you bring a buyer.

One defense to the produce the note demand is for the service to file a lost note affidavit and purchase a lost note bond, usually no more than 1% of the original face amount of the note.

If still no one calls me, I'll ask animal control to remove the dog and gain the possession?

Great pickup for you, very poor investment for him.We have this discussion at work all the time, and I have first hand experience where Australian's got sold turnkey properties in highly undesirable locations in Cleveland and they lost all their money. 

I switched to them after a couple claims from one tenant about the rent check getting lost in the mail (one time it probably legitimately was).