@Rajesh Rajendran Feel free to DM me with any questions! 

You agree to only invoke your inspection contingency if there is a repair over $5 - $10k or the total is over $10k, or whatever number you feel confident with.

After seeing a few podcast episodes where folks talked about feeling like they had their lives back, it really hit home and I want to explore if this can be a way to do that.

Some say to never tell them and let a real estate agent show the house and what not, but I feel that I would have a hard time not being completely transparent with my roommate.

Feel free to hit me up and I can help with your financing.

My thinking is account for all expenses and hope that it being a new build will save me some time before having to perform cap ex style repairs (I do have about 50K cash on hand after the closing of this property so i feel comfortable with handling curve balls for a few years) New Build structure and neighborhood/school gives me hope that in 30 years i can still command a decent rent on a property 30 years old instead of trying to take something from 1970 all the way to 2055 and still get decent rent out of it .

I feel like maybe I'm asking for too much with this investment.

It’s not all about the Benjamins…………..A wise mentor once told me:The Benjamins are simply a concrete manifestation of the appreciation your clients and investors feel towards you.

Personally I think I don't want to deal with pets because a) it's a condo complex and I would feel bad for the neighbors if a dog was sitting in the unit barking all day while the family was at the beach, and b)  I live 900 miles away and would not be available to assess any potential damages incurred by someone's pet.  

I have seen that usually, in a dual agency situation, one party feels like they lost out somehow and it opens up the way too many opportunities for me as the agent to get sued.