Simple things I've done as a homeowner/landlord are flooring, painting, trim work, built a mantel, built and arbor, garbage disposal...Being a handy man are skills you can learn for life and there are a lot of good videos on Youtube. ;)

We each own one home of our own and want to invest in more but we each only have about 10k of disposable income right now.

The disposal of it is one of the issues, not just the removal (at least here in CA).

Lenders commonly just want to dispose of the asset and not deal with the liens. 

LLC or no, make sure you write down how the property is to be managed, disposed of, etc.

Oh, and you have renovation loans at your disposal too....and they are better than any investor renovation loan! 

As I read the certified docs from tenant in my owners portal, apparently fixes for some of the same problems lamented, had not been done properly (unbeknownst to me - garbage disposal replacement is an example, tenant apparently stated it was not done correctly, and requested proper repair, which on my side, I was advised of a new repair request, a leak in the Kitchen sink - I am clearly getting robbed here) .. so what should I do in waiting this out???

@Marisa AlvarezI you have a chance to upgrade your disposal, go with the heavy duty model with minimum 5/8-3/4 HP and stainless steel grind chamber.

@Elijah Leonard to give more context, I have a real estate agent working for me, a contractor at my disposal, and a few high end investors that are in the area and invest in real estate rentals.

Be sure to include a clause about waste disposal and enforce it.