If your checklist clearly described the yard condition and your lease clearly stated it was the tenant responsibility to maintain the yard, you could deduct the cost of cleanup. 

Maintain proper records - Contracts, Settlement Statements, Agreements, Promissory Notes etc.Additionally, youcan track income and expenses consistently, using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, ifbookkeeping isn't fun for you, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couplehundred bucks per month.

- if everything is too cheap- if they mention more about their acquisition rather than how to maintain your property- if they only have two people in the office- they don't know how to manage property.- no bookkeeping.

EARNEST MONEY: In the event of a dispute between the Seller and Buyer regarding the disbursement of this earnest money, the broker is required by Ohio law to maintain such funds in the broker’s trust account until the broker received (a) written instructions signed by the parties specifying how the earnest money is to be disbursed or (b) a final court order that specifies to whom the earnest money is to be awarded.

Hence, I want relatively low risk, but with a return that at the very least maintains the purchasing power of my net worth.

We suddenly had 2 homes and began exploring what our options were and that is when we discovered the intriguing world of REI and tapped into Bigger Pockets and Better Life Tribe, etc. to begin our education.In the time since his death and the probate process we have been paying his mortgage off and selling items from the home which we have been maintaining.

Sourcing and maintaining reliable and affordable contractors without scale (although my 3rd party PMs have the same issue).

There is nothing wrong with a properly installed and maintained septic system.

I'm a good 20 years from retirement, but I'm using this strategy right now, and then if rates come down at some point and I can do a cash out and maintain cashflow I'll consider it.

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.