No firm is going to maintain a renovation mortgage department unless it pays for itself. 

They have painted the apartment professionally with great colors, installed a permanent stone fire pit in the backyard, maintained the deck and kept a clean yard.

Keeps pet odor (the ones they say they never have) easy to maintain.

I am looking at a well maintained duplex listed for $360K.

You cant just get a brokers license instead of a salesperson license.You should also factor in the costs of maintaining a license and measure that against how many peoperties you will realistically buy each year.

FYI - the renter in House #2 is my disabled father.....So I must give him a house to live in.So I can leave him in House #2 and maintain normal rent-mortgage, or sell the house and move him into the House #3.I lose the cash flow, but I cash out the equity in House 2

There's also no condo association to fine the other unit's owner for excessive noise, failure to keep the exterior and yard well maintained, parking a dozen junk cars in the yard, etc.I *hate* the location.  

I am a CPA and good with excel so I think i'll be ok with maintaining my records (I don't really practice CPA though, so I'll still need some advice from people who practice in these type of situations).

The person above in this thread is 100% correct recent laws have made using buyers money to close out contract with seller is now deemed illegal and cannot be done but there is a way around that like everything else.if you want to maintain the old tradition of using the buyers cash to close out your contract with the original seller what you will have to do to stay within the law the new law that is, is to have your lawyer write out a promissory note to the cash and buyer securing them with your equitable interest making that cash buyer a temporary lender.

If you’re otherwise happy with his work and want to maintain the relationship, I’d suggest you: 1.