Would love to connect as I also have a construction team to quote your punch list items needing to be done at the other property, as well as have some advice on management tips, tricks, etc. 

Yep, that's a good trick, I used it too.....I used to 'forget' something right up front in their face so they would find it and feel good.

I'm with you...I'm waaaaay over all of the "10 tricks" "10 life hacks" "10 best...." articles out there.

Trick a friend of mine did many many years ago.

I've been doing rentals for close to 20 years and I just learned a new trick that some people probably already know about but it wasn't something I'd seen before.  

One slick trick that I've used on reducing the mortgage tax is, I'll see if I can get the sellers bank to assign the current debt to my bank and consolidate it with the new debt I'm putting on the property. 

People just keep getting tricked by the high number, go for a realistic one and be happy. 

I started my OOS HML  career in Detroit and that was 2002 and WOW coming from our area what an education I got.. my clients that were doing turnkey at the time and all the buyers were out of state ( basically LA based) the local on the ground operator was very good he had all sorts of tricks to try to keep the houses safe.. the one i really liked was painting the copper pipes grey so thieves would not steal them..

Essentially, a 1031 exchange is that neat little trick in the U.S. tax code letting you swap out one investment property for another “like-kind” property, all without taking a tax hit upfront.

Tips and tricks?