-- sort of depends where you live and if you want to invest out of state / have the ability to manage a team remotely, the best out of state investors are very active in managing their teams.

Some tenants even sort based on sub-structure so just making sure all of the details are as precise as possible. 

@Chris Kay finding a quality, cost-effective contractor is extremely difficult:(There are thousands of contractors that are great talkers, but rarely perform within budget.Standard bait & switch is to lowball a bid, then once they get started all sorts of things "pop up" that somehow their bid didn't cover.

The one I am speaking with currently has not offered up any sort of contract so I am taking the lead on preparing something.  

I’m not sure what sort of extensive “due diligence” you did but clearly you didn’t.

I'm not showing up with a standard set of interview questions to ask them or anything of the sort.

It's frustrating to finally have it all sorted out then get a notice that the mortgage has been sold again and there is a new servicing company taking over and the mess starts all over.

Do you mean message you if we want to join some sort of class action lawsuit against them? 

Every unit has its own "microsite" of sorts with seperat msg threads and you can't write your own descriptions (which is understandable as they don't have seperate websites for different countries so they write "translation safe" descriptions for you), but still, it's no Airbnb.

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage and use a consistent naming convention for easy sorting - 2024.03.25 Home Depot.Maintain proper records, such as contracts, settlement statements, and promissory notes.Additionally, you can track income and expenses consistently using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, if bookkeeping isn't fun, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couple hundred bucks per month.