They have ways of making a basement waterproof when they build the house, but that costs more money.

Another thing is that it appears that you are limited to 90 days max as a STR.Here is the site that talks about running a STR in Rocklin - EDIT - Still having trouble posting links.

Has anyone had trouble posting a FSBO on Zillow either?

Are you prepared to lose money?

You will then have a few options with that rent money....you can put it into principal or you can start saving it to purchase yet another property.

For athletes in pro sports, you have to be careful of the time vs. money situation.

$200k is no small sum of money.

It is now going to May and I haven't   received money towards the mortgage and i even contributed to the utilities (silly me not wanting to get in trouble).

There is still money to be made and you have to be more careful and strategic.

I know it's a ton of information, but is there some sort of reference guide I can obtain that will guide me to the correct information I need to get started correctly so I don't get into legal trouble down the road?