PMs who take time to teach tenants how to change out the air filters or how to shut off the main water or how to reset the breaker that trips will not only reduce service calls but will keep capital expenses down (changing out air filters regularly can diminish the chances of having to replace the condenser coils, for example).Maintenance repair surcharges isn't the only charge owners should look for in their PM agreements, but it is one of the more important ones that often gets overlooked.  

Do i need to upgrade the breaker box from 100 to 200 amps? 

Red flags to be aware of: Are there any deal-breakers or warning signs I should be looking out for in the listings or during the initial research phase?

I can get better returns elsewhere without having to take that risk, which for me is a deal breaker.

My contractor shows our condo tenants how to turn off the water if they have to, and how to reset the breakers.

Does Little Rock have a lot of crime too (this would be a deal breaker)?

Is this a deal breaker?? 

I personally don't invest in crap areas or crap properties (too old w/big deferred maintenance/can't value add/sheds/ 1 bathroom SFHs etc those are all deal-breakers

So, for the last few months she's submitting reports about breakers tripping (no pun intended), so we send an electrician out, and he finds a 20 plant grow with massive lights throughout the garage! 

The main items depend on the age of the house but typically include; Electrical- non-functional GFCI, double tapped breakers, missing knockouts on the main panel, missing electrical boxes and or covers, open-air splices.