I have even considered moving my regular work hours from 9am - 5pm to something along the lines of 12pm - 8pm during the duration of the project (I think the morning time may be more productive time for project related work).I have very little experience in Real Estate other than some small properties I purchased out of state, the reading and studying I have been putting on BP since August of last year (studying J Scott's books and using the houseflippingspreadsheet to learn how to analyze deals).

Smith, RA - Principal Architect at Architect Owl PLLC (Licensed in NY & CT)  My engineer walks the site and meets with me in person and reviews all the plans, plus he makes 3 visits throughout the duration of the project to check framing, fire assemblies, etc. he's a structural engineer and would never take a risk that would lose is professional engineer license. we are hands on and he's local to my market.

@Shawn BurnsYearly lease PROs: 'Seems' more stable HOA's/COA's may require themMakes lenders happy with a warm and fuzzySeem to 'lock' the uninformed Tenant in for the duration; however they certainly do not - the Tenant can break at anytime; the Landlord may not break at anytime If the lease is broken you can retain the SD - however only the $ related to the amount of time until you find a new Tenant may be retained in addition to of course repairs Yearly lease CONs: Can be broken at ANY time by the Tenant- your only realistic recourse is to keep the SDBinds the property owner much more than it does the TenantA bit harder to evict due to non-payment Creates a 'maturity' event which prompts the Tenant to 'shop' around before renewing their Lease with youMonthly lease PROs:Gives the Landlord & Tenant the most flexibility - important for Landlords that may want to Sell or move-in Put's the Tenant on 'notice' throughout the duration, in that you can choose not to renew next month for no reason at allCan be set up to 'auto-renew' until cancelled by either partyThere is no 'maturity' event; essentially set it and forget it - there is no event which prompts the Tenant to shop around for a better unit or rent rateGives Landlords and Buyers of investment property much more flexibility when it comes time to sell for both the Seller and BuyerA bit easier to evictMonthly lease CONs:Tenant may choose may move out at anytime - this is the same with yearly - but with monthly it is implied, front and centerIf proper move-out notice is given - typically 30 days - you do not get to retain any portion of SD for rent related toMay not be allowed as an initial lease by some HOAs/COAsThere will be many arguments for either but from my experience yearly leases 'bind' the Landlord much more than they do the Tenant.