You never mentioned what I call "percentage expenses", which include Maintenance (10%), Capital Expenses (CapEx) (10%), Vacancies (your choice for your market - anywhere from 2% to 10%), and Property Management (again, based on the market - say 8%).Broken down:Maintenance - expect an average of 10% of your income to be spent on general maintenance.

Ultimate Partnering is a great event in Boston every year that focuses on exactly this.

With 60 days notice, you may offer to transport them to another dwelling of their choice. 

We are buy and hold investors, so my husband and I are particular about craftsmanship and reno choices.

Then we started running into problems with confusion with my cleaner who had another cabin named Million Dollar View, then confusion with my pest control folks who had another cabin named Million Dollar View and then the ultimate happened.  

I figured most people would choose #4 and it would have been my choice as well.

The ultimate costs are about the same.   

My ultimate goal is to invest in real estate but I am having trouble gaining initial traction and identifying which steps will be the most instrumental in fulfilling this objective.

To give myself ultimate comfort I want to advertise and “verbally” confirm a tenant or two.

My partner and I spent a long time debating which bank had best but at the end of the day realized we are BRRRRing ideally and thus the refinancing numbers were ultimately more important.