Does anyone else find it ironic that too much cheap money pumped into the economy caused this entire mess and now the government is lowering the rate???

But if you are concerned about getting fined you will usually have little problem if you put them up friday night and take them down by monday morning.

If you cause the damage of someone reputation, thereby causing them to suffer any kind of hardship, yes, you can be sued, but as long as your statements can be proven truthful, then you are not liable for the damage your statements have caused.

I don't think this will cause house prices fall.

Almost everyone I know advises against going into business w/ family members just cause things can turn sour real fast.

It may not be anything for a simple duplex, but you could be causing yourself problems that a simply refurbishing and expanding the existing structure could avoid.

But my tenants not pulling their trash cans back before 5pm on Thursday is cause for alarm.

Don’t pay them until the job is done – One of the biggest perils you can face as a new real estate investor is that your contractor doesn’t cause dramatic delays by failing to show up for work when they say they will.

However the law states that I cannot cause STRESS when I assign the contract over to the investor.

The biggest concern the OP needs to address is exactly what they are addressing.