You can also assess a dollar amount that you value the cost of these requests to be, and ask for these as a discount from the purchase price or a concession to you for closing costs. 

We've done about a dozen flips.

Also Condos are dealing with high special assessments.

Just google the following: - special assessment - zombie condos - Florida condos (look for recent news)Since you are not living near the properties anyways, why not look in a landlord friendly state where the purchase prices are lower?

Using different colors was one of the biggest mistakes we ever made in the early days; tracking the colors even with a spreadsheet was a nightmare, as was keeping dozens of different touch up colors in the storehouse. 

Expect a higher rent rate, but also higher turnover and longer vacancies.I've rented to dozens of traveling nurses and would say about 50% of them were nuts.

Thats why they usually build up to a dozen houses on one street all at the same time.

Still assessing if it was the property itself or the property class.

Typically, the tax is based on the assessed fair market value of the property at the time of the transfer, even if it’s not a traditional sale.

Towns in New Jersey can be wildly crooked and will try to assess you for things they missed on prior renovations before you even bought the property, which technically they can do.