You could just put in regular machines and not give your tenants access...of course, they won't be thrilled the first time they run into you with a basket of clean cloths under your arm.

The baby boomers are aging.

With that being said, does anyone have any experience hiring a contractor/gc to "baby" us through the process (show and help us to pull permits, how to run proper plumbing, framing etc) from start to finish?

I have a tenant requesting the current 110v outlet be upgraded to a 220/240v outlet for her clothes dryer.

I am truly just a baby investor at this point as I haven't even learned to "walk" yet. 

I am 36 and married with a 9 month-old-baby in north Texas.

I had an AC guy take out a blower motor and after hiring him for a second job and then tell him no, I suspect he’s just a butcher in HVAC clothes.

I’ve been burned by a few wolves in sheep clothing.

Conscious decision, timing was important, price reflected generous buffer for known needed work.What I didn't realize is, the tenants are kind of irresponsible slobs, and rather than reporting things to me or applying a _proper_ fix, they'll do a hack fix (e.g. they tied a piece of cloth around a pinhole leak in a pipe, which resulted in expensive water damage years down the line).I've run into a such few cases, where repairs were needed due to long-term tenant negligence (when they rented from the previous owner, so basically before our lease), and I'd like to protect myself and hold them accountable for any future such things that come up.

We spend money on that one or two things that matter to us (like travel) and cut expenses on things we don't value (like clothes and fast food).We each brought different assets into our now combined portfolio.