Holding my breath for that.

(If you need to, take a breath, wait for your heart rate and pressure to come down.

This states the home has been approved and available to be a rental.And some of these must be applied for every time a tenant moves.So check your state laws.There are Landlord Tenant Laws, Building Codes, and laws that are not laws at all but based on a Judge’s opinion of whether or not a tenant did wrong or not.For instance, normal wear and tear.Judges have various opinions on what they deem normal wear and tear.This is an Industry of thinking skills.This is an industry of holding your temper and implementing your lease agreement no matter what.You need to think like a Judge.You need to think reasonably.You need to be a good listener.You need to be in control.Once you buy a house you need to know how to keep that house and how to keep your tenants long term.You need to know how to be all things in order to keep your tenants happy, yet make them know the rules of landlording and how to be good tenants.I always say that one is only as good as the tools they have.You could be the greatest landlord in the world in mind and action, but if you don’t have the equipment, or the education, or the money to invest in the proper tools to make you successful, then you will never make it in this business.It takes my breath away to read the stuff on here by new investors.And I understand that how can they know what they do not know?

Make sure you don't block the soffit vents as an attic needs to breath! 

Wood needs to breath, that is why oil is the only product that should ever be used on butcher block.

Just be sure to communicate to your tenants that you are just doing routine maintenance and not trying to breathe down their necks.

If we add to the fact that the majority of big players in the industry appear to be long standing multi-billion shops who "apparently" scoop up the competition without a breath, then this entire industry appears totally out of reach.It is very common for me to have a conversations with non-real estate professionals who never heard of basic concepts such as "cashflow" or "leverage" specially applied to real estate.

Guys - investing in mid west when you are living and breathing there is not a problem...It becomes a prob when you live in CA, and invest OOS after a day trip ....No, just becasue you can find it on a map does not make you a local expert... lol

Adjust your rents accordingly, but don't charge the absolute max, leave some breathing room in there in case something odd comes up.Fourth: read the Section 8 Bible Vol 1 and the Section 8 Bible Vol 2.

We also sprayed liquid pool shock but this requires extreme caution - a rubber suit and full face mask with chemical breathing filters.