I'm waiting for my first deal to either go through or fall apart, but I'm definitely looking for ways to network.

You must maintain the walking surface of your exterior steps and/or deck so as to minimize injury from slips, trips and falls by you or others due to weather or other conditions.

Fairly new investor, age 52, three properties and 4 rentals, 2 STR, 2 LTR, I can almost cover my bills right now grossing about $80K in rental income this year, but I'd like more cashflow for breathing room and investing, especially with the fluctuations of the STR market,in 3 years I'll start receiving  retirement income of about $10K/mo (assuming the world doesn't fall apart), I have about $100K in the bank right now enough to get to that point and maybe even buy another house or condo..my goals are to scale a bit more to 5-7 properties in the next 3-5 years. and coming from a high paying busy sales job one year ago, I find it hard as a new investor to "stay busy, create more cashflow, find direction, know what paths to follow with so many options (should I wholesale?

The home is a 3/2 single family residence, renovated, and will be ready to market this fall.

It's the norm here so the judge won't fall out of his chair in utter shock that someone lives in an illegal suite.

STR the property when I wasn't using the property in the spring, summer and fall to generate some passive income.  

I have one I can refer in Idaho Falls.

So, if there's a slip & fall lawsuit, the only liability protection a PMC has is via your insurance policy.

I believe the ESA concerns would not be applicable as the OP would fall under the Mrs.

Typically, loan fees fall under your recurring and non recurring closing costs that happeN at the end of a transaction. :) You will be paying these fees.