Rent it out and then refinance the property and pay my FIL back everything he spent on the deal and hopefully pay him extra for funding the deal. 

Better to lose $250 than an extra months rent. 

For example, if you are looking to scale your portfolio with the BRRRR method but cant find deals that are discounted, could you do upgrades to the house (new front porch, kitchen, bathrooms, extra bedroom, finished garage/basement etc)?

Is it worth it to seek those extra few points of yield?

If they say they won’t stay for the $50 extra, can I go back to their current price and ask if they’ll stay again?

Personally I plan to just keep saving reserves, keeping my CapEx, vacancy, and repairs, paying down a little extra on my mortgage each month and taking a little bit toward my next investment.

My property management company seems find way to add extra fees every year.What does property management cover?

Or lease out the shop/garage in the back to make extra $.

Pay on time, don't get in fights, get an extra job.

I wanted to see if any of you all have guiding principles on these areas of thought: mortgage length, paying extra on debt, selecting your first couple owner occupied homes,  and other thoughts. 1) 15 year mortgage or 30 year mortgages?