How do you prevent yourself from being "cut out" of a deal?

Since the items were preventing us from moving in our own items, we decided to deal with it ourselves.

Just because the contractor signs a lien waiver, doesn't prevent them from actually filing a lien within the time periods permitted to file a lien (based on the city/county of the property).

Think of what those clauses are trying to prevent as you're reading them.And lastly, read more...Good luck

Provide proper care for the pet in accordance with veterinary recommendations or ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) guidelines.

@Joe PrillamanAfter trying out a ton of different tools and services, this is the software stack that works really well for us:* Smartbnb - for automating 95% of guest communication* Uplisting - for managing our listings across Airbnb, VRBO and Booking; for managing calendars for housekeeping; for preventing double bookings; and also for creating a direct booking website.* Pricelabs - for automating price management* Slack - for internal team communication * We also end up using Zapier a lot to automate various functions, parse various confirmation emails from Airbnb to create reports, and so on.The nice part about all of the tools above is that they charge a small monthly fee per listing vs. some of the other tools out there that will charge a % of revenue.Hope this helps!

From my limited experience, the market here is high and most of what is listed on the MLS is overpriced, with rents often undermarket and the new rent control law preventing bringing them up to market quickly.

Both prevented me from taking action early on. 

Flood Insurance Cost2. availability of property coverage based on proximity to the coast (windstorm exposure)Neither of those will prevent the deal but the costs of the insurance should be researched before you go forward so you can factor that in.There are now multiple private market Flood Insurance providers (Non-FEMA) and I would advise checking them as they can sometimes be significantly less.Contact a good Independent Insurance Agent with multiple markets and get some rough numbers for a sample property.

This is a two bedroom unit with the second bedroom on the third floor. bedroom 1 is done now for the living room. all the floors are glued and then screwed to prevent and squeaking and movement. just as a reminder this is a where it started to where it has come. it might look similar in the before and after but the big changes are a good size useable closet in the master bedroom 100% new electrical with at least 6 outlets per room.