Anything else you can do to increase the level of privacy your tenants can enjoy?

If you place your rental (STR, LTR, or  MTR) into service by the end of the year you can begin to depreciate the property and write off certain expenses.

As an investor-focused agent in the Cleveland market I always have my clients write the following contingencies in when buying a house that's tenant occupied:1) Offer contingent on home inspection- usually a 7-10 day contingency period, this contingency allows you to either A) move forward with the deal B) renegotiate the price if issues are found, or C) walk away from the deal2) Offer contingent on appraisal if you're going financing3) Seller to provide copy of current lease agreement4) Seller to provide a rent roll/tenant ledger with proof of payments received5) Seller to provide copies of 3 previous months of any utilities paid by the landlord6) Seller and tenants to fill out Estoppel Certificate.

I enjoy looking for deals and figuring out how to rehab the properties etc, but I hate the accounting side. 

Not fun or enjoyable in any form or fashion.  

:This is where the contract between (or at least having something in writing) would come in your favor.

Am I required to hire an attorney to write up the contract and assist with the closing?

Assume that you could meet with the CEO and give him some direction or write articles about how great the stock was and cause its value to go up. 

I've been working with job titles like construction project manager, who doesn't know a lot about construction but coordinates architects, engineers, GCs etc, the VP of RE management, who also does not know a lot about construction but oversees site selection, lease negotiations, property management, RE accounting who writes my checks and does annual CAM audits, and other jobs like that.

I'm in the Reno, NV area and while it's not a high fire risk in many areas insurance companies are looking very closely at the mechanicals of buildings before insuring properties or before writing a policy.