A few common items such as:1.

Nonpayment is BY FAR the most common reason to oust a tenant and a lease should not impact your ability to evict for that reason. 5.

Software is a common question on BiggerPockets.

Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

Eventually I want to have a go to foundation contractor as well given the fact foundation repair is so common in our area as homes age.

I used to go medium oak on the theory that if it looks like the most common hardwood floor color, it will get less scrutiny than some picture of exotic hardwood. +1 on Ben Moore Navajo White!

Obviously the tenant hope of bringing in more occupants (and sharing more common area space/bathrooms as a sacrifice) would be to lower the rental cost per person.  

As a newbie, it is easy, and common, to head down multiple paths chasing shiny bright objects, with many of those paths just leading to time wasting and increased experience in learning what you don't want to do.

Quote from @Emily Mohr: Software is a common question on BiggerPockets.

Interesting to hear that people aren’t familiar with this as it is very common.