Dealing with an agent instead of the seller can be a bit of a mixed bag.

If you plan to invest out of state it'll be important to build your core 4, I'd suggest reading this article by David Greene: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...Happy to connect if you have any questions! 

Tenants are a mixed bag and you should screen them well.

Before I got rid of all my multi family, and dirt bag homes and got decent tenants, I've never been sued or had to sue.

A few cases of chicken thighs (or even better buy 2 whole birds and break em down yourself, here is a video of Gordon Ramsay showing 8 year olds how to do it), a 20 lb bag of decent rice, and a 20 lb bag of beans (change it up every so often) and you are good to go for 1 month for chicken and 3+ months for beans and rice.

Each unused lock/deadbolt gets stored in a freezer bag with date and unit the lock was last used on -- so we do not inadvertently place the same lock on the same unit.   

I don't know who pays $1200 to cut grass, but the yard work needed on this 4 plex is literally a couple hours of cutting and bagging.

Or they do that great of a job so you can't let the secret out the bag?

The difference between you and the average first-time poster here is that you're not in here beating your chest and insisting you can do no wrong because you're all that and a bag of chips.

You need to do your own due diligence before you bid as best you can so you have a comfort zone that you’re doing the right thing.... it’s no different than buying the gift bag at a country restaurant...you won’t know what’s in the bag unless you try and check it out.