With insurance premiums for apartment properties increasing so dramatically in recent years, I am leaning towards trying to save some costs by increasing my deductible to the highest deductible possible.

I'm leaning towards a smaller non-refundable deposit vs a full month rent that is refundable.

Hi all, I am ready to invest in my first out-of-state rental property and after some research I am leaning towards focusing more on the Texas and Florida markets.

Leaning toward a turn-key property and renting it out long term - easier to manage, don't have to furnish, reasonable property management fees (~10% of monthly rent income from what I've read), and more stable income.

Hi Alex,Thanks for the mention.Unfortunately, investors sometimes expect providers to subsidize all loss of income incurred on a property which isn't feasible.We do our best to minimize costs and in many instances "eat a cost" that we shouldn't.Can't control "acts of God" or the weather/other people lolAs we all should know, there are ups and down's with real estate investing.Business is easy and people make it difficult as the saying goes.Our PM never just throws "a body" into a property just to call it "tenanted"Why?

I have started to lean on exclusive wholesaler partnerships and people just getting started.

Largely to avoid the PM from throwing the first warm body in that fills out an app and you're stuff with a bozo.

You won't need a whole lot of experience because you can lean on them.

After reading your comments and all the additional research I'm leaning more towards the franchise.

As for the bank accounts, I'm yet to decide if I need to create a separate bank account for each series, and I'm leaning towards doing so because it will provide separate asset protection.From a tax planning standpoint, I'm still researching the best set-up, but it appears that separate EIN for each series is the way to go for liability protection as well.