I have bought recently plenty of deals in the MLS that hit the 1% rule some investors target.The wholesaler route can get you some below market deals but, man you have to watch those wholesalers.

And watching tons of tons of videos/podcasts  

@Bruce WoodruffJust watched a Tom Silva tutorial, it’s easy!

I've watched Chad Carson's videos Small and Mighty RE Investor.

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

I can't wait to see- The fire in the sky.https://www.youtube.com/watch?

By having more tenants there are more eyes to watch for issues that may pop up, more people paying rent, and if you have one of the units vacant for a bit, it will not hurt the bank as bad as it would if you only have two tenants in the building and one of them left.   

If your going into it as just a way to make a buck, with no real passion, then every “problem” will be overwhelming, you’ll be “clock watching” waiting to take a vacation, and dealing with “tenants, toilets and banks” will be a tedious chore.  

If it is up at the end of April, do not let her extend her stay under any circumstances and watch out for anyone booking it for 30 days as she may try to rent it under someone else's name.

What you get when you let a tenant paint is roller-marks of the wall color on the ceiling, drips and runs, patchy covering, spilled paint, silly accent walls/ too many colors, uneven lines on edges and in corners, splatters, blistering, bubbling, peeling, the wrong sheen, visible brush marks and roller strokes, trim painted the same color as the walls, electrical outlets and switches and even light fixtures, vents, cold air returns, fart fans etc. all painted when they shouldn’t be, not enough coats where paint actually should be, and terrible color choices (almost always too dark or too weird).