"SICK"I can't stress enough how important it is that you do your due diligence when calculating the numbers.

Understanding and being willing to work with one of the more stressful aspects of military service, in a way that also protects your rental property investment, is a great way to generate referrals and powerful word of mouth recommendations as a military-friendly landlord.http://blog.ahrn.com/what-to-do-when-your-tenant-has-orders/

And I find these people relatively easy to work with... especially when they see how well I can guide them through the entire process in a very low-stress manner.

Chase what you can (focus on other landlords/data), don't stress about what you can't get responses on, and avoid doing business with that PM.

You do not deserve that stress and neither does your tenant.

My current house has the living room and dining room open exactly as you see, original to 1959.The true answer before you start to stress about adding a beam, is to confirm what is in the ceiling, supporting the ceiling joists above that opening.

Don’t stress over it, let them handle it

But, the leveraged guy will have to operate at peak efficiency and will have more stress than the debt-free guy over the life of ownership. 

My goal is to work less, sell more, stress less and relax more.

In the coming age of the driverless car, the commute distance and time to work versus the current stress level of the commute is going to become much, much more important than it is now.