Long story short the condo has now been repaired and renovated by the condo association and insurance company.

I have a bunch of pre-filtered saved searches on MLS but it feels like they disappear before I can price them into my model.3) What to watch out for in property #1 - BP podcasts have a ton of great examples that I've learned a lot from, but would love to hear more about local stories and lessons learned.

@Nathan G.I've actually heard this story from new tenants coming onboard with us a couple of times.

My only concern for a parent co-signer is the "risk" of what is known as a "helicopter" mom.My story about meeting one (well, actually a "helicopter" family). 

It is supremely difficult to get any traction on a shoestring budget because all the success stories sound like "well we dropped $7k in this marketing campaign and $7k in that other marketing campaign and after spending about $750k total we made over two million last year." 

Love hearing beginner success stories.

most banks will give you purchase money. if you are planning on house hacking it different story.

Take advantage of networking while sharing your story with all of us.

I've heard horror stories of landlords having to make $5k+ in seemingly unnecessary upgrades/repairs to appease the city inspector.

Long story short I tried to talk him into an amicable lease termination at the end of this month.