HOA fees can vary widely based on factors like amenities, services, and community appeal.

We head over in the morning after not being able to reach the guest only to find holes in the wall, doors left wide open and a bullet hold through my 1950 Buick, and a few more through the back of the house into the laundry room.

So bottom line you can try the letters and U need to be mailing to LOTS of people and have a wide net to get responses or you need to just pull up and try to talk to them without getting shot. 

They are collecting city-wide data. 

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing." - Warren Buffett 

I'm not saying we won't work with a wholesaler, but we go in with our eyes wide open. 

I would pull out the old tub and install a shower pan and shower enclosure 36 inches wide by the length of the tub, wide because some people like to eat a lot and a bigger shower means the won't be up against the walls.

it varies widely by market and state, as there are markets and also entire states in which institutional buyers own basically no properties.see this article:https://www.vox.com/22524829/w...in Georgia for example, they own just over 5% of SFRs and less than 1% of all housing...thoughts?

Get your financial house in order, play the long game, and in 10-15 years you'll be glad that you dollar cost averaged your way into a nice real estate portfolio in a wide variety of market conditions.

That's true in most jurisdictions and according to FHA and VA a bedroom has to have a closet (sometimes an appraiser will allow a standing wardrobe or armoire) and a window or they won't fund the loan.The egress window in your bedroom should be at least 20 inches wide and 24 inches in height with the sill being no more than 44" from the finished floor.