I'll go with @Greg Scott line set metal cover idea and @Chris Seveney idea for painting the copper white.Thanks folks!  

So, often times even if 1 or 2 of the units in the building are not generating any rent, the remaining rents are still enough to pay for all of your property’s expenses and you don’t have to come out of pocket to cover them.

Verify credit, employment, etc for you. 6) I would definitely want noise (quiet hours), guests, and treatment of common areas covered. 7) We've used Rent Manager as it focuses more on the financials which I think is super important.

It was great to get our heads in the game, and got us to move quicker to get a house (since we were basically forced to get a pre-approved loan in order to tour houses...).

I'm trying to get a mortgage, but it's entirely possible that the mortgage might not cover 100% of the price of the house.

They have to go overkill crazy like this in order to cover their butts.....Once again, this advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.....

Letting your contractors (specifically if you have a GC) what the budget is and that the must notify you if a change order exists (versus they tell you after the work is completed). 

While opportunities still exist, I think they are still rare with interest rates and property values high.  

What is the best way to best way to deal with the existing tenants? 

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.