Doing reno work is a steep learning curve and you will make mistakes the trick is making ones that are not costly.  

If so, there many search fields and tricks available to easily find houses + casitas (detached/attached) with searches on Flexmls. 

Just show them that you're working on the issue and responsive, the greatest trick I've had with tenants is to just acknowledge you're listening.

The people who rent these units know the tricks. 

This ploy to get paid off for 80% is tricking the banks to over leverage themselves in the deal.2.

Really successful investors are not one trick ponies and need to adjust to the market conditions.

A lot of people have mentioned the tricks of putting the property in an LLC or not but I don't know if anyone has gotten to the gist of the question about the LLC getting a loan.In theory an LLC can get a loan but it will take many years of building credit and probably doing multiple loans with the same lender before you even have a chance.

Writing a letter to the underwriter usually does the trick.

@Raymond Lewis It's not as hard as it is in Massachusetts, by all accounts.In my experience it usually takes a couple of months, though it really depends on how quickly you act on the unpaid rent, e.g. sending out the 5-day demand letter on the 17th of the same month the rent is unpaid.It can be delayed if they are "professional tenants" who really know the tricks of gaming the system (which can buy them an extra month or more depending on whether you use a good attorney or do something else like DIY and make any mistakes).And sometimes you just get a bad judge and s/he gives the tenants extra time just because.Also I'm assuming this is for unpaid rent.

I'm wondering what tools or tricks you all employ to keep track of how much is in your "Repairs/maintenance" fund vs your "Vacancy" fund or "Cap Ex" fund.