Not an expert here, maybe some high temp black paint just for the hearth portion.

They are likely referring to the business income/loss of rents portion of the claim.

The main reason we decided to use a PM is because we will be using a portion of the property ourselves and will be there on a daily basis.

One of the collections agency is suing her for a portion of the debt and just opened the case on Nov 1.When I clicked on the "case history", it read1/24/2013 Suggestion of Bankruptcy, filed.Not knowing what this is, I looked that up and it said, "Suggestion of bankruptcy is a document filed with a court to put it on notice that the defendant in a pending lawsuit has filed a bankruptcy case."

We get a good property without the hassle of getting the loan.This works for me as I have plenty to do the down payment (or my portion of it) but cant' STAND the lending process.

Upon their signing, we released a portion of the funds we were withholding as a sign of good-faith.

Adjusting comparables to the subject property is the skill and art portion.

Obviously though, you already have a portion invested, which you would get credit for (or "pay yourself off").

Since moving in I have rented out a small portion of additional space and have to admit I am completely hooked.Most of my experience is in industrial and commercial real estate but this forum seems to be full of investors involved with residential.

This could be cost reduction if you do portions of your renovations yourself.