Assuming you already paid for the first occurrence, if it happens again and the plumber doesn't find anything wrong then, yes, the tenant should be responsible for the invoice.Your PM should be setting those expectations when they communicate with your tenant."

I did get my GC license which in Oregon is all law so it was simple test for me. so now here we sit 500 or so spec / pre solds later and well its been a wild ride..

It was pretty simple did you have it verified by an attorney or the ones on apartments.com are already verified?

Insurance protects your property from paying out of pocket for damage, plain and simple.

The idea is simple: purchase a property, live in one part, and rent out the rest to offset your mortgage or even generate profit.

It's simple economics.

Do not communicate with the tenants except as advised by the attorney.

Only a few simple documents are required, including a valid passport, birth certificate, and proof of address.

The simple reason is that you cannot even tell debit cards from credit cards without a special software.

What you want is, as they say: relatively simple, but not easy.