The whole trick with conventional loans is that they have to follow fannie mae or freddie mac guidelines so they can be sold if desired.Now if you weren't doing a conventional loan and just went to a local bank that would do it as a portfolio loan, they would be much more likely to waive the seasoning of the funds - especially if you could get your dad to co-sign on the loan.That would be the best way to do it.

I believe the "trick" was to include the rehab costs on the settlement statement, which I think involved an escrow account to hold the rehab funds.

The tenant said she would like me to do this and even though I didn't have a face-to-face conversation, the letter did the trick.

There are other, more robust property management platforms out there, but if you only own one property Cozy should do the trick.

One trick I'm doing on mine is making the entire unit electric. 

Trick is to do all the structural stuff to get the unit rent-ready first, then advertise your property (at this point it's placed in service), then finish up the more cosmetic stuff that you can take as a repair deduction.

Did the jacking and poly foam do the trick?

Any whitespace is stripped once the listing is saved.Does anyone know any tricks to apply formatting - at least line breaks - to a listing?  

Too many tricks are necessary to make it work and part time landlords don't have the time for that. 

I'm thinking about obtaining my Real Estate License just for Comparables since I'm not having any luck as an unlicensed assistant.Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.