No matter what happens in the future, if your strategic and hanging out in the right groups, you'll find a way to continue being profitable!  

That helps for future tenants, if they ask.

Would you pay for a subscription model say $1000 a month where you got access to knowledgeable investor agent who had zero stake on if the transaction closed but provided you with local knowledge, strategies, ran comps, looked over deals, even looked over home inspection reports, talked in the phone, basically a consultant (you could possibly tack on services like writing offers or seeing a property in person) my thought is if you buy a property relatively quickly, it’s much cheaper than paying 2.5% even if you end up paying for the service for a few month’s and realize it’s not a good time for you to buy you are only out a few thousand dollars as opposed to hundreds of thousands of dollars, this would basically take the agent’s need to sell you a home out the process, presumably there motivation would be to keep you subscripted for as long as possible but you could easily just cancel and if you were interested in buying later resubscribe than.

@Allison Adams just wanted to add that any time you’re repair/replacing something like this think about “hardening” your unit … whatever you choose to do, make sure solution leads to less hassle in the future.

With regard to the "contractor agreement" you mentioned, I would absolutely get it in writing from the contractor exactly what work will be carried out, when it will be carried out and what is included for the agreed upon price. 

You should be sure to present to your company first, get a rejection in writing, then go get it under contract personally.

The problem is that home prices usually appreciate faster than people can save for the added down payment, so you are almost always better off buying with the lower down payment and re-financing later.

No deductions against your personal income tax, no write offs, no depreciation.

In the future, I'd like to move this guest info to a digital version so I can send one URL to guests with all the info they need.

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