Then it became apparent the irrigation nozzles were routinely spraying water against my house and subsequently that this water was getting in - carpets were damp coming through from padding below.After checking pipes etc with a couple plumbers who found nothing wrong with any pipes in summer and fall 2017 ...

Conduct routine inspections at least twice a year   3.

A lot of people are completely ok working their 9-5 job and going about their usual routine (which is completely fine).

Going through an ADA issue with a front door on a retail place I own - I know the routine regarding "connections" in SF lol...

And twenty years later, I can tell you definitively that a lot of guys who worked and worked constantly to do well in their careers for their early years routinely end up running for all they're worth on the hamster wheel of debt and credit, saddled with a wife who can barely stand them and couldn't run a family's finances to save her life.The incredibly stupid things I've heard some of some of my old acquaintances (and family members) doing in marriage sicken me.

We routinely refer out leads that are non deals for us.

What is your daily routine as far as becoming a better real estate investor?

Commercial appraisals are routinely $600-650 these days. 

And while your in-house team could certainly incorporate these devices into a routine inspection/maintenance program, that will come at a cost. 

@Daniel M Gibson sticking to fundamentals and your "gut" is always the best course.Unlike 99% of the investors on this site, my take is that investing for cash flow is a bad idea...it creates a jaundiced view of how things work...meaning that investing is about controlling assets as wisely as possible...not immediate cash flow.I use seller carried loans routinely because I'm in for the long haul (and I don't need rental income to survive)...as long as the purchase price makes sense, I could care less about income...the concept is debt paydown and future equity.