If you're going the umbrella insurance route, perhaps see if it will cover you for several things including just the routine slip and fall (like mold or earthquake).

.: Emotional support animals are covered under FHA.

She covers our LTR portfolio property management activities, and I assist during weekends (Saturdays are always busy with rental stuff for us).1.

First, leverage house hacking, which allows you to live in one unit of a multi-family property while renting out the others to cover your mortgage.

Does anyone have any experience relying on home warranties to help cover appliances, etc?

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Can't really see the metal wall from my house but you can see the roof to the commercial building as you're driving in and in the winter the trees provide less cover - although there is a very high and nice privacy fence to separate. 

That said you certainly need to manage your cash well in order to cover the bills in the down season. 

Find a property that will bring in enough rent to cover all the expenses.