The tenant was responsible for the other 11 months of the lease rent and paid two months and then stopped.

The tenants are clearly responsible here.

The biggest challenge, more than handling maintenance, is managing tenant relationships and understanding the legal responsibilities.

The short-and-sweet responses to your post:1. 

The other half are caveat emptor.2) When buying through an individual that likely isn't following state real estate laws already since they likely are in violation of the state brokers act....you probably arnt getting a disclosure even if state law requires it.

I get compliments all the time about how responsive I was. 

Feel free to send me a private message as well.Dave,I was not trying to be flippant regarding the 'management is easy'... just didn't want to get all wordy in my response. 

Quote from @Robert Villarreal: Thanks for the response, Ryan.

However, it’s not the only way to get the qualification, it allows for Self and Homeowner declarations and documentation to add up experience, its just not as easy as an existing GC stating “he’s good to go”.Pursuant to Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 7068, applicants’ experience must be verified by a “qualified and responsible person.”

You are literally targeting people who do NOT want to sell their house.REMEMBER THIS:Motivation is an emotional RESPONSE to A Circumstance.