Well, I don't let my tenants do work on my properties so I need to adjust those numbers.If I find the seller is completely lying to me and not making 'honest mistakes' which is often the case with older sellers who aren't so involved in their properties any longer, I tend to walk away because I figure there are other issues that they won't disclose as well.

The speed of the transaction will be faster with hard money.

We had initial lines at the bottom of every page for a while but took those off to speed things up a bit.

They will send you an escrow analysis once a year to show you how they are handling your money and will adjust the escrow payment for any increase or decrease if it goes over their allowed limit or if you're not paying enough to cover your insurance and taxes.   

Many times towns will adjust assessed values upward but then adjust the mill rate downward, for a tax bill that only changes slightly.So the question is, do you know if West Warwick has done that?

Before anything I would make one adjustment, which is to live in your first property for two years instead of one: this way you qualify for the capital gain exclusion on primary residence for the next 5 years.I grew up in Metrowest (essentially the areas you mentioned) and yea, it wont be easy.

I'm getting ready to test out their system, have also considered Speed Queen's proprietary system that they just introduced but the iPhone app reviews seem pretty terrible...

I was researching strategies and attempting to formulate a solid way to diversify my future portfolio against market risk (and adjust to take advantage of opportunities).

Its not all about volume or speed.

The adjuster from my insurance company suggested the units underneath me to file claims using THEIR insurance policies since they need to prove I am liable for the leakage (due to negligence).