Your first step is- Get approved for a loan (unless you plan on paying cash). 

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

@Kyle Fitch ok, I will touch on (IMO) the top 4. 1st: When we talk about "investing" the vast majority of time were looking at a total time-line of decades, several or many decades, right, before were mulch.

And what is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"?

What do you work on? 

One tenant is behind on rent and has still not paid December rent.I’m seeing mixed things online but looks like I have to file something by the 31st?

Thanks, Jim Rice in person or online?

It's an integral part of keeping me whole and keeping the guests in line.

(The Black Friday sale on the Bigger Pockets bookstore was where I did my own Christmas shopping so my family knew what to ‘buy’ for me!).

If you aren't planning on ducting, then mini splits can be the way to go.