I like to put in the lease that I'll enter the house every quarter to replace the HVAC filter.

The rents range from $750 - $900 ( 2,3 & 4) per month free and clear since we have no mortgage.How I make it work, it to screen the tenants, verify the information, inspections (vary from quarterly to twice a year) and I stay on top of my paperwork and have a pretty good rapport with my tenants.

Fourth, I’m probably being a little harsh in my use of the term “junker” to generally describe functionally obsolete, non-liquid properties.

In terms of investing far away, you need two very good property management firms that you can rely on and a local realtor who can pay to be an asset manager on a quarterly basis.

When I get a deal, I do four things:1. 

Or suggest a method to help me find one - and please don't say to look on a review site, which all seem to be scams, or to ask people I know who they use - because most of the people I know either do their own taxes or go to a place like H&R Block.And, as a final note, I am curious - how much does it typically cost to have a CPA do your taxes (either annually or quarterly if you are in the situation of having to file quarterly?)

I was taking 14 credits, working full time, flipping a house, and working to close a sub2 during the last quarter of 2014, and I knew if I wanted success I needed to narrow my focus. 

I've done comparables in which my subject property and the comparable had identical square footage and lot size, both three bed two bath, built within two years of one another and were only a quarter of a mile away.

For example, I imagine I could go as far as creating an entirely separate kitchen and bathroom for the studio unit and its own exterior door, but could I do as little as locking off the living room as separate quarters with the existing living spaces, kitchen and bathrooms as shared areas? 

I have already started on all of those with the exception of your fourth point and I am taking advantage of this site's resources with regards to learning about that as well.