That's from "Scotsman Guide," but about 2 years old.

I've searched BP and most posts about this issue are a few years old at least, so I'm hoping to get some insight from others who do this regularly.

I had this happen once and I told my business partner  "stop worrying about getting paid back by the old contractor and just move on a get the project done". 

Big thing in the news right now is 72 year old super rich and successful Bill Belichick and his new 24 year old fiancé Jordon Hudson.

The difficulty seems to be getting to that two year mark.

I like your house hack plan better than trying to arbitrage a ton of units, especially as a 23 year old.

This might sound silly, but an old fashioned spreadsheet if you only have a deal or two.

Not like SUPER famous, but enough that a newspaper might do a background check on my real estate holdings.I own real estate for a living, so I was wondering what they could look up on me. Unfortunately, I own them in ...

Because I have one listed in the MLS and no one is  looking at it --- but I am an investor as well as an agent and I know this is an interesting opportunity for someone wanting to do a 1031 exchange, for example; it's a 6% cap rate or more on a good condition 16-year-old townhouse, for someone who is willing to landlord to groups since the lay-out is ideal for that.  

Hello Victoria, I usually do 5% vacancy, 5% maintenance and 5% capEx.As you said this will be dependent on how old the main components are and how old the house is.