Any success with Realtor leads, using car magnets?  

I would recommend checking out the Bob Malecki podcast on BP and also the Note MBA podcast on your mobile device (apple and android).

We don't want one bad apple to bring down the rest so to speak.Any information on protecting us as landlords and ease of tax prep. is appreciated!

Remember there are variable expenses such as vacancy rates, repair rates and management fees so when someone tells you an ROI make sure your comparing apples to apples meaning create a formula you're comfortable with and then run all of your prospective properties through your equation.

You're mixing apple and watermelons....there is no loan, therefore no interest, on a lease with an option.  

They killed an apple tree in the first few months.

Lakeville, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eden Prarie area.

You don't have to accept an offer even at list price.And comparing house prices in one city to house prices in another city is the definition of comparing apples to oranges.

A typical pool costs $75,000 to install, but no buyer will pay your extra $75,000 when they buy your house.The sport court: This multipurpose area for tennis matches and basketball is seen as a huge patch of asphalt where the beautiful yard should have been.Fruit trees: Your fragrant orchard is a magnet for rotting fruit and the flies that feed on it, and calls for constant pruning.Built-in fire pit: This barbecue haven for alpha males is seen as a stone monstrosity.

We also had a tenant plant two apple trees in the spot where the water and sewer lines enter the property.