I have found the people who are not comfortable within the investment arena are those who are very cautious and not comfortable with their abilities to solve problems.  

i was looking to buy a house to live in and i saw the ability to rent out the garage space so it was perfect.

When you have businesses that are hands on, like the photo and furniture businesses, it would be very difficult to set up both at the same time.REI does have the ability to have multiple streams though

It's too small for them but the property prices here have risen faster than their ability to save the down payment.Regarding the OP's question, if I was approached I would install new flooring if the tenant wanted to purchase it.

Through research we started learning that a portfolio loan with a cash out refinance would be ideal for a number of reasons:1- Interest are historically low 2- 4 homes had a 15-year mortgage (great for a good interest rate but were killing cashflow)3- Cash out- ability to pull out $264,000 to reinvest in more properties4- 4.7% interest rate on a 4.7M loan5- Non-recourse* In my opinion, 1-4 are a nice to have but number 5 was necessary for us to continue to scale.

If you are willing to do cosmetic updates the ability to get 1% rule is definitely doable now.

Fast forward a week later and I get a bill of 420$ from the city.

Its focus is the financial side of pm which is excellent, however, it does not possess features for maintenance logs other than my ability to upload my own completed spreadsheet for storage purposes.

You can setup home automation with wifi.On the Schlage lock, we love remote ability to program guest codes.

There are many benefits to using a broker vs going direct, but just from a rate and term perspective, still maintaining your banking relationship allows you to tangibly see whether the broker can save you money and get you better terms.For example, unless you’re talking about a complex ground-up construction deal, with many moving parts, that will take significant time and manpower to execute, a good broker, confident in their abilities, will usually work with their clients and allow them to work with their existing relationships while the broker pursues and reaches out to their own lenders.