Most lenders who order appraisals are required to order them through a 3rd party AMC, which can add additional costs to the appraisal but ensures that there is no lender (Or borrower) bias in regards to the values.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

In addition you are sharing with cellular network, which gets priority.

So additionally, that there's only 30 days to close and it eats up time for an inspector to schedule time to come.Do you allow inspections of your contracts?

@Cole DobbsIn addition, I may be able to help you and connect you with some key real estate investor players in the Houston, Texas market since I am an Investor myself that have done most of these real estate investing strategies and also an investor-broker who has helped over 400 investors like you. 

There is only a limited provision to make additional fixed-amount payments once a year. 

I’m involved in a private LLC that owns land in which we are asked to provide additional $ for property taxes every year.  

What I found was, yes it was nice have additional income, but each project seemed to always interfere.

Still, this is a poor time in the rental season and 1 months rent can be expected as a cost of vacancy (in addition to the cost to clean and touch up - $900) .Finally and I hope this is is the last one lol - Another tenant is moving out Jan 31st and this unit also requires a full cosmetic rehab.

To give you an idea of how we approach it, we assume the worst-case scenario right from the start is 9-12 months of no rent, $5,000 in legal fees, and an additional $5,000 in expenses to deal with moving their stuff, putting it in storage, and dealing with health code violations or NOV's from the city during the process.