I consider this forum my mastermind group and place high value on ability to reach out to experts.

An Engineered Cost Segregation Study gives the ability to substantiate the replacement costs to the insurance carrier.

Maybe even decline a hair.

I've heard some pretty horrible anecdotes about getting a bill that's anywhere from 20% to 120% higher and as an investor it's really hard to reconcile how that affects your investment and how investors react to that. 

The idea (should a default in fact occur) is to keep the creditors wandering hands/eyes on the LLC.. as opposed to having the ability to reach also for the debtors personal assets if the LLC is unable to cure the default/debt. 

They can usually demand better than d grade but B grade means ability to get someone with 700 plus credit though it might not be as easy as A grade where you can just set up 1 open house and get them. 

I believe what has driven me to focus on working with investors, has a lot to do with my flexibility and ability to perform most of the things you can do in a home, and eye for design and detail.

I think using a management company lessens your ability to get tax advantages.  

If you don’t know the math inside and out, the seller is going to capitalize on your lack of knowledge and you’re going to end up losing out.With these simple strategies, you will greatly improve your ability to negotiate property purchase prices.

This should increase the value and cashflow with the ability to sustain an additional tenant, the area is already zoned for Multi-Family use.There other option I am weighing which is slightly less favorable due to the connections we have already made and the image of faulting on a Letter of Intent this early in our investing career is to cancel the agreement and invest the money into a different market which exists in Vermont.