That said, I heard an interesting thing on BiggerPockets Money Podcast the other day, and that is it might be riskier NOT to have an account like Mint, as with Mint, you'll have a one-shot access to all the accounts, and you are more likely to check more often and catch suspicious activities, while if you have to go to multiple websites, you are less likely to check that often and may take longer to find out suspicious activities. 

I have a unique opportunity to live in the in-law apartment of a beautiful colonial house, for free, for 24-30 months.The 'catch,' however, is that I need to 'buy' the house, at a price that is 20% below market value.

A third option could be a stacked retaining wall similar to this photo.

Reimbursements can be paid out when they submit receipts and show progress photos (or you go inspect in-person).  

Don’t trust photos.

They seem to like to find the major arteries into town and want to catch people driving into town before they can find other medical care so if your location is like that it's probably good.

When a fellow tenant's dog bit me on the hand last year, the leasing office took photos of the bite and had me fill out and sign a report about what had happened.

I've seen Austin has been on fire due to the influx of people + jobs, but wondering if other parts of the state are catching some of that as well.

There are some before and after, or progress of, photos on my IG @tomridis.

Take photos before.