@Cathy Leco I don't think there's any need to keep the fee in a separate account, though if you want to designate those fees as your personal "insurance" fund then you may find it useful to do organizationally.  

Hello! I have become very interested in real estate investing but I'm stuck in the analysis paralysis phase. So many properties and so hard to know what's a good one! I think I want to house hack for my first place bu...

This doesn't even include the headquarters that we have here (Nationwide, Cardinal Health, The Ohio State University, L Brands, Big Lots, CoverMyMeds, and more!).

I bought a brand new house in Vegas in 2000 for $127,000.

As far as thinking about what makes the most sense over time, I'd recommend checking out the BP blog posts on "internal rate of return" (IRR) if you haven't already - that measure is designed specifically to factor in time, and I've found the articles on it quite helpful.Good luck!

Especially if you are brand new and have never done a deal.

What I mean by this is that the BRRRR method is designed to limit your out of pocket costs.  

Thank you, we are very proud of how this one turned out, the design was great and people are giving great feedback thus far.

They are specifically designed for an owner who lives in the ground floor unit and pays the mortgage by renting out the other units. 100 miles away from here in Ottawa, almost all housing stock is either apartment buildings or single-family homes.

If you had an apartment building designed for student rentals, I may change my mind, as on a macro level it could bring in better students which may reduce maintenance/damage/issues.