Just make sure you do a diligent job when vetting tenants.

The seller and their agent hopefully did a good job communicating with that tenant to set expectations.

Never leave tools on a job.

Currently work a day job and have no capital to start off with.

I apologized and said (and truly meant) I'd follow up on it and improve for the future.

Over time, rents may increase, improving your cash flow, and you’ll gain equity and valuable experience managing tenants and property operations.

My job is to submit bid and negotiate only.  

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Investing in your self improvement is wonderful most people do not have the mindset for growth.   

If the fence is shared and in bad shape, framing it as a mutual improvement could help.