Additionally I am sure there are huge possible liability concerns if the tenant is injured while putting up the hurricane shutters.There are many different types of Hurricane shutters from the panels you fit and tighten, the accordion, roll down for sliding glass doors, and impact windows.Depending on what story the window or door is located on and your budget will ultimately determine what hurricane mitigation device you choose. 

It's a great time to be building your real estate portfolio.Your mantra of "equity is the icing on the cake; cash flow is the goal" nails what a smart investors focus should be.Be sure to check out the Ultimate Beginners Guide as well as my 10 Rules of Successful Real Estate Investing.Continues success! 

Everyone sees through different glasses.

A smart tax adviser once told me to never put your primary home into an LLC.  

I am thinking with NO bank we can pretty much write up anything that works for both partiesThanks much, love this site with all the info from such smart people.Joseph Q

we just had a thread on smart move the other day.  

. :)As for your personal happening, you are making sense to me and i think you are a smart not to jump on the very first thing you come across.

Appraisers can make errors, but from the appraisal, you should be able to get an idea of how to use similar properties that sold as recently as possible and how adjustments are made for size, features and amenities.The key is to get smart and get started. 

So your tenants want to have 500 appliances in the kitchen, do what most smart people do, put away the ones you aren't using!!! 

Biggerpockets has a lot of smart people on here.