Ants, spiders, flys, and other ordinary pests are often brought in by tenant behavior, so it's reasonable to expect them to handle with removal.Bed bugs are 100% the tenant's fault because they do not travel from home to home on their own; they have to be brought in.

Owner occ developments there is no value associated to the income approach so these props generally speaking will appreciate a lot more as the neighborhoods are much more desirable. builders the last thing they want to do is sell to investors if they are creating owner occupied communities.. rentals degrade the neighborhood and they will be sabotaging their own values to allow a bunch of investors to buy and rent out in their communities.So when you buy new builds keep in mind if its a build to rent community they will NOT appreciate like owner occupied neighborhoods.. might be best to find something already 3 to 5 years old where the stigma of renters dies down.. that would be best to protect your investment.

Here is the Collin Hays method of buying the property at what you want to pay:Don’t ask the seller what their best offer is.

The biggest question you need to ask yourself is if you are doing this to afford a property you otherwise couldn’t afford or to save money period, that will lead to very different conclusions about where/if to buy. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

With that strategy, I'm not a real estate agent BUT I am also reading a book called "BUY, REHAB,RENT, REFINANCE, REPEAT.

Quote from @Roxanne Whitaker: Please be aware if you buy an investment property and do not live in MD, when you go to sell it you will pay an 8% tax at settlement. 

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

I'm from Tampa Florida and I have a few clients that leveraged their portfolio to buy new properties.  

We all assume this isn’t a house you’d buy with your own money.