It seems like those guys would agree with Lenahan's take that the relative optimism of this thread will not age well. 

It's very likely that you can find a local investor in your area or somebody here on BiggerPockets that you can learn from for free in exchange for doing things to help them grow their business or to just simply optimize their life.Most importantly, learn any way you can so that you understand what you're looking at. 

This is the low end of a hands off ADU other than converting existing living space.The more sophisticated value add people are still leveraging non-optimized zoning. 

You're better off investing in a market that you have a strong chance of achieving your goals than to buy in a sub optimal market just because you can drive by and see your property.

Next subtract the optimism along with a few percent and decide if a heloc would make sense.

Non-emergency repair requests or other phone business ---> IVR phone menu, leading to voicemails or secretaryI think the agent is the key player, and the rest can be delegated or handled personally without much headache.

Click on settings in the menu that pops up3.

Haha....ok I'm joking, kind of...All those things are important, but first is credit score(700 or better preferred, can go lower if other conditions are optimal) and no previous evictions, no felony convictions(especially violent or sexual).

I am unsure if I should list it on as many sites as possible to optimize occupancy rate.

Given that its a matter of time before some or all of us will experience a late/missed rent, I wanted to go over the best strategy for dealing with tenants, that is reasonable, flexible, and allows for optimal rent collection.