My agent called her designated broker, who called and I guess reprimanded the listing agent for not following their protocol.

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All payments made by Tenant to Landlordafter the tenancy commences, no matter how designated by Tenant, will beapplied as follows: first, to any outstanding amounts due for damages/repairs,utilities etc.; second, to any outstanding service charges and fees from priormonths; third, to any rent outstanding from prior months; fourth, to anyservice charges or fees due in the current month; and lastly to the currentmonth’s rent.  

You don't buy your car based on your auto insurance brokers advice just like you probably aren't going to design your business around your attorneys advice for safety.

And it took some time to design a plan that wouldn't entail us having no life at all, just because we were landlords.Yes we were always there 24/7, but because I screened well, I chose good tenants and my time in court was hardly anything.  

Disclaimer: Speaking here from the perspective of an interior designer, not a REI.Sketch-Up is an option.

You will also need to take caution to avoid engaging in a prohibited transaction.This BP blog post discusses this type of IRA plan in details: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/blog_posts/28450-real-estate-ira

For most HVAC related work, we design our buildings so that the mechanical closet can be serviced from a locked closet in the common area hallway.

Collect a full months rent as a security deposit and have a well designed rental agreement. 

Some will have zero history with a high cap rate marketed which by itself is at best misleading.Also consider sfrs were not designed as investments as much as they were designed to be lived in.