The Tenant must keep the lawn maintained; must remove leaves and debris and keep window wells and drainage areas free of leaves and debris.

For example if a former owner was not notified of the sale properly they could have cause to reverse the sale that risk alone could keep you from getting title insurance.

Everyone's mind works a little bit differently and if that is what works for you, keep doing it!

keep building out your network and meeting people in the market you choose to invest in.Columbus, Ohio is a great market to consider if you're leaning towards appreciation.

This way the tenant rent could pay for part of the renovations as well or the tenant could just reduce your mortgage payment so you gain wealth quicker to keep purchasing properties. 

This has been keeping me up at night every night and I can’t find the right answer for my unique situation.

If the tenant insists on using this broker (their choice, I guess), we're obviously just going to bake the commission into their new monthly rate because we're certainly not going to absorb a 4% commission to keep our existing tenant on executing a simple lease option.

Ideally I want to buy something in Florida that I can keep part of the property vacant for me to live in several months every year.

If you want to provide proper notice (ie: you don't get a response from a txt) that proper notice in Washington state requires that a notice be "served" Guidelines here: (also keep in mind that date of service is day zero)How to serve a notice1.

If you get decent enough at it, it can help you keep a project going even if you need to fire one contractor and wait for another to start.