Watch out for personality disorders in partners, tenants, contractors or employees.

Also, snow removal, if you live in a climate with snow and ice.Landlord Responsibilities: Landlord will at all times during the tenancy keep the premises fit for human habitation, and shall in particular:a.Cultivate, care for and mow surrounding grass, lawn, flowers, and shrubberyb.Maintain the premises to substantially comply with any applicable code, statue, ordinance, or regulation governing the premisec.Maintain the roof, floors, walls, chimneys, fireplaces, foundations, and all other structural components in reasonable good repair as to be usable and capable of resisting normal loadsd.Keep any shared or common areas reasonable clean, sanitary, and safe from defects increasing the hazards of fire or accidente.Provide a reasonable program for the control of infestation by insects, rodents, and other pests at move in f.Except where the condition is attributable to normal wear and tear, make repairs and arrangements necessary to put and keep the premises in as good condition as at move ing.Provide reasonably adequate locks and provide keys to the tenanth.Maintain all electrical, plumbing (main lines), heating, and other facilities and appliances supplied by Landlord in reasonably good working orderi.Maintain the unit in reasonably weather tight conditionj.Provide facilities adequate to supply heat and water and hot water as reasonably required by the tenant

Soffit & siding joints can be separated by the pressure washing & it's very difficult to repair esp in the colder climate. 

In our city there is also a crime called "keeping a disorderly house" - it is a catch-all for party houses and such.

@David VarvaroHi David, I think there has been a shift, and most educated flippers noticed it and were hesitant to purchase with the volatility of the political climate, and rising interest rates.

Boeing Volvo Mercedes  #1 or 2 tourist destination.then add in surrounded by water lack of land.. scarcity.. and semi decent climate  etc etc.

But even then, I'm searching markets with B properties at least at a 6% cap rate and C properties at least at a 7%, though this will be hard in today's economic climate.

CA voters overwhelmingly REJECTED CA's plans for statewide RENT CONTROL at the last ballot election, and NOW the Governor (Newsome) is simply using an excuse to enact Statewide, or nearly Statewide RENT CONTROL under the guise of global warming / climate / heat / drought, liberal excuses to overly regulate an otherwise well regulated industry, Rental Housing.

Especially if you live in a cold weather climate, like Boston, it can be difficult even getting out of the house!

If you hire out everything, as oppose to do some of the work yourself, that will eat into your numbers given the competitive climate.