Supplying debt (lending or guaranteeing in some fashion for credit supoprt) or equity2.  

For investors that operate in this fashion, generally the money finds them as they are not reeking of desperation to fund their next deal.  

If they can't call/text you back in a timely fashion, they'll be sloppy in their work also. - Inspection is done by the city/township, so as long as you're working with a licensed GC, it's fairly straightforward; it'll just have more line items due to extensiveness of damage that has to be remedied. - Also, most Restoration/Renovation companies that specialize in rehabbing fire damaged properties will use a web based tool called Xactimate for a comprehensive scope of work, which may at times be, as long as 300 pages.

Just found out how old fashion that is. 

When we acquire a new property with inherited tenants, who are more than likely a bit "old-fashioned", we usually give them some time to freely ask questions and don't change much at the beginning.

Just like airbnb where there's a trust factor, these workaway sites work in a similar fashion, but I'd make sure people have travelers insurance before arriving.Again, it's about the experience for both sites, and there were many hours spent playing board games, hiking, and ensuring it wasn't just a labor transaction, but a friendship that'll last too. 

In any event, sometimes just having a good old fashioned conversation with someone can be all it takes. 

This would go the same for all other items you asked about.Keep in mind that Virginia is a landlord friendly state, it's very friendly to landlords here, tho some courts are less friendly than the next, and bend the laws to suit their personal views, but that's mainly in the larger cities like Richmond where you will see judges rule in an aggressively tenant friendly fashion by imposing rules, such as all notices have to have real ink signature on them, etc.My only real advise is to not mess around with your tenants in a fashion where your raising rents every 30 days or something like that, or adding and removing services randomly because you do or don't want to deal with it.

I've not financed an investment property or refinanced to cash out on the equity on an investment property...but they are rented in a "buy and hold" fashion.

$500k guidance lines seem to be fashionable currently to start out with3.