I've recently closed on my first Condo (owner occupied) and I'm feeding my brain in order to minimize my mistakes when I start moving.

(difference between the two formulas should be minimal, but I have not tried it).

Its gotta be just his sales pitch.

I have experience/cert/license in everything from being an E.M.T to accounting for the local best western and auditing in a casino.I can do anything I set my mind to i've learned,with everyone's help here I hope to be a competent real estate investor with minimal problems.Sorry for the long post,hope I covered everything.

Those loses get minimized and the reminder of those loses gets applied to the following tax year. 

Not much you can do but try to be reasonable and be there when the tree company comes as you may be able to talk to them to minimize the damage.

My cousins lived in Brookfield and one lived on Pewaukee lake...My point is they were german, and you had the Polish neighborhood the Italian the Black the etc etc and as a nieve kid from Cupertino I did not even know what a Jew was ...So my point and I am sure your wondering Is when TK operators pitch mid west properties to CA investors Most CA investors have no clue as to what its like there and how the neighborhoods are segregatged between ethinic and racial lines.

I certainly wasn't minimizing the difficulty.

My product is usually the best on the block so minimal vacancy.

When I do use the sprayer, I normally do the ceilings first with minimal masking (generally just a sheet of plastic over the windows, don't worry about overspray on the walls since you're going to paint them anyway).