Hey Steven, Great question, and it’s smart that you’re thinking ahead about protecting your investment.

As someone who’s both a real estate investor and a property manager in RI, I know how important it is to stay ahead of the curve.

A typical five-piece surround is held together with glue and caulk, and without maintenance, it will fall apart and just cause you more problems.Instead, go ahead with a two-piece surround or even a tile surround.

Just a heads up, your rate will spike going from 75% to 80% and you'll need at LEAST a 1:1 ratio.

If travel isn’t an issue, you’re already ahead in being able to stay hands-on when needed!

It’s great to hear you stuck to your plan and still came out ahead, even with a few bumps along the way.

I hope you don’t have friction with your partner because the money got ahead of the work.I’ve had some success hiring workers for the day at the prices the gcs pay them $100-200 but have had my fair share of misses here too.

One bit of advice where you can be ahead of the curve is to write down your screening criteria for possible tenants and commit to following it.

You are honestly way ahead of the pack already simply by being willing to start learning about this topic in your early 20s.

Since our legal billed were $36,000, we’re $100,000 ahead.