Deferred maintenance is often a simple/cheap (relatively) fix, but neglect can be the cause of major systems failures or issues, which can destroy your returns, so be sure to have a very thorough inspection.

I can not imagine a landlord who would not want to thoroughly screen anyone renting a house they own. 

Make sure that you thoroughly screen your tenants in the future (i.e. pull a check on their credit, criminal, AND evictions history) and do landlord reference checks on everyone above 18 that will be living in the unit.

I'm sure it's in the terms of service that we all click "accept" without thoroughly reading but know that what you post here might be read by a tenant.

Thank you @Alvin Sylvain,That PDF was very thorough.

Unfortunately, I've found estimates from Zillow, Rentometer, and other platforms significantly off after conducting thorough research.

It’s my job to do a thorough analysis of the comps.

Community rules need to be thorough and extensive. 

I completed a purchase in August and will be posting a review soon as well.Here is a very thorough one:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/468...

:Look at many metrics and actually thoroughly learn them:IRRgood for evaluating dissimilar projects but doesn't given magnitudes or timing of cashflowsCash on Cash ROIIf you're putting down 300k to pay in full and then only cash flow $100 bucks a month, although it's cashflowing, I'd barely say that's something to write home aboutBreak even YearYear when profits turn positive and stay positive......This whole discussion may also have an undertone that one should, although it may be difficult at first to setup, geographically diversify to mitigate risk in any one market.