This will cut down significantly on the issues you may have down the road with communication, paying rent on time, caring for property, etc. 

I am seeing a different insurance issue.  

As you progress, maintaining a clear line of communication with your team, especially your property manager, will allow you to stay ahead of maintenance issues and tenant needs, keeping your operations smooth and your tenants happy.If you haven't done so already, consider outlining your goals and investment criteria with a property manager early on.

We've never actually had a tenant use it after reading the addendum (which was our goal), and I think it helps prevent problems when they understand the myriad issues involved in its use.  

This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).

"TaxMaster 2023"   :) We have supply chain issues in our country, not he least of which is a shortage of truck drivers.Flipping through tiktok (hold your laughter until the end, please), guess what I saw on tiktok "live," with THOUSANDS of viewers? 

@Marcus Auerbach the issue and objection is Federal overreach. 

Freight is the major cost issue, which since you're near a port that's a non-issue. 

Part of my issue was not having a reasonably priced handyman ahead of time and eventually overpaying to just get it done and also inexperience as a manager.With that said, you essentially have two options: very cheap properties in less good areas (you're looking at 100k or less--which you might have trouble getting a good lender for)  or trying to do some sort of house hack (e.g. live in flip, live in rent by the room, multifamily) where you budget will be closer to 200k-300k.Personally, I would not look at real estate until you are maxing out your 401k and IRA, but lots of folks have done significantly better with real estate than stocks and would think I'm crazy for suggesting this.

(Ironically, I'm sure a good portion of the people arguing against development are also upset with the government for not tackling the affordable housing issue.)If I were WIP and felt I just got cheated out of my right to develop that land, I would have put a fence around it.