If you have questions about how to find a good PM and what to ask them, I wrote a blog post with some of the details you'll want to look at, you can find it on my profile. 

Best of luck, and feel free to PM me if you have more specific follow-up questions or details to share.

. :) Without going into too much detail on the tax code, we know that 1)  less than 7 days or less and 2) 30 days or less are two of the 6 exceptions to rental activity provided for passive activity purpose.

Does anyone know the details of bidding towards a 2nd mortgage of a home?

@Mike Loy, As a realtor you qualify for a Solo 401k, which has many advantages over self-directed IRA, here are few:Contribute 10X more than into an IRA (up to $61,000 per year per participant)Access up to $50,000 from your retirement account tax-free and penalties-free at any time prior to retirement via participant loan featureExempt from UDFI tax on leveraged real estateInvest tax-free using Roth 401k sub-accountCheckbook control without use of an LLC Custodian is not required = no custodian, transaction or asset based feesYou can read it in more details here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/21298-sol...The bottom line is that if you qualify for Solo 401k - it would be way better than an IRA.

When I think about this living situation, I view it as more of a "college living" situation, I guess my perception is hindering me.

So I will give some details and some analysis I have to this point.

There is a company called Tru View Inspections in Fort Lauderdale.

I included a picture of the hud on my blog post for detail.

The picture (only 2) doesn’t show any burn damage and only shows exterior front and side views.