The eviction rules vary dramatically from county to county in New York.

He's a pretty smart guy, and if I can point him in the right direction, I know we'll have another convert (lol).I live in Washington DC, so I know the market is dramatically different, and I'd like to give him local advice. 

Don't think I'm being over dramatic.

We will certainly keep going down the list but we were trying to think of other financing routes to explore while we wait for banks to get back to us, and also thinking that boosting our equity position with some additional private funding would also make the loan scenario more favorable to the bank underwriters.

The goal is to drastically reduce your living expenses for a year, boost your savings rate, build some equity, and learn how to be a landlord while living in the same property as your tenants.

Although my counter argument would be is the risk of a black swan event to the S&P 500 is dramatically lower than that of a black swan event to any single property. 3) Agree.

I recommend you print, study, highlight, and learn this because the use of ESA exceptions is increasing dramatically as more renters learn how easy it is to cheat: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfil... 

It helps if the agent is an investor themselves.Demonstrating this expertise through a proven track record of successful investment deals can significantly boost an agent's credibility.

If I can break even - $0 a month after all expenses - I'll do a BRRRR if I can get a big equity boost.

Is there a method to posting on market place, I've seen fb penalize my ads when I renew them and the boosting does not go as far as it did the first week, so I delete, repost and boost weekly.Maybe I am worrying about trivial things but I don't like advertising for 3-4 weeks then the last week of the month I get bombarded by less quality interest only to get one applicant that I'm desperate to lease to so I don't have a vacancy.