I would also try to familiarize yourself with local landlord-tenant laws, including fair housing regulations, security deposit limits, and notice requirements for entering the property or terminating a lease.Prior to renting, conduct a thorough inspection of the property before the tenant moves in, and document the condition with photos or a video walkthrough.

I wrote a Blog on this very subject.You will eventually learn enough to be of help to yourself, just keep doing it and record the prices so you can start to get a feel for SF costs.One thing I can offer is this website,I have checked them out and they are fairly accurate , you enter your zipcode, I just hate for people to be off by even $10k, that could be your profit on some projects, right?

I would ask your buddies about fair trade policy.

So, I will even consider some of these people with bad scores if their score seems to not represent them fairly. 

Be a great landlord, provide timely communication, responsive maintenance and fair treatment.

I’m 23 years old and fairly new to the real estate investing world.

I've been watching a lot of videos from https://www.strlawguys.com/ but this is going to cost a good chunk of change to setup a fairly complex protection structure.

It's important to get to know the applicant before you just sign off after a fair credit/background check. 

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

You had to go fairly far down the list to find the first non high appreciating market.