They should know basics, but they often give wrong information and I find myself correcting it regularly.

We bought our first property in Aug and rented it for Sept 1 and were able to count that as a year when getting a new loan because it was on our tax returns - so essentially we were landlords for 1 year and 4 months but they were fine with it.Note that if you take a loss on your tax return that money is taken out of your regular income and will hurt you when applying for a new loan

There is only one reason an appraiser would analyze comps, and that is because they are getting paid to produce their report showing a value for a specific subject property they were hired for.

I attend a half dozen or so on a semi-regular basis (depending on topic).

As I understand it State laws vary and have produced various modifications to "opt-in" of this information sharing.My questions are as follows:Can I opt-in or opt-out?

Make sure you buy a policy that handles vacancy as most regular policies will start to have issues after 60 days.

Also just a thought to put out there....Does anyone do in-home mailing and if so how much on average does it cost to buy the printer, ink cartridge, and paper material needed to make post cards and also print regular white letters??

The upside is that my rehabs always produce profits!

For the next 5 months, I can dedicate most of my time towards gaining experience and producing results.

Most of what we are buying are all in for $50k to $80k and are producing net rents of $1,000 to $2,000 a month after all expenses.