Yeah, I have some friends in Texas who complain a lot about the property taxes, especially since they reappraise on sales, which I've seen completely ruin a pro forma or twoThe biggest issue with property taxes is they're unavoidable.

He says it is inevitable, which means unavoidable and certain to happen.

I keep a very tight hold on the budget but if it goes over because of unavoidably problems I don't have to cut corners to do it right.I or my trained assistant visit each property at least once a month.

Sometimes this is unavoidable, but with really strong screening and checking on the property periodically your odds go up big time.

So, you could argue that the laws here have made it a business expense that is unavoidable.

.), this is unavoidable from what I have found.

I'm not a lawyer, so no legal advice, but I'm getting ready to rent my first home in MD so I've been reading up on the requirements, and my research has shown that in MD (quote):§8–112.If the improvements on property rented for a term of not more than seven years become untenantable by reason of fire or unavoidable accident, the tenancy terminates, and all liability for rent ceases on payment proportionately to the day of fire or unavoidable accident.So if the place was not habitable, looks like Maryland code says all liability for rent ceases on the day of the accident.

Thankfully between us we have a lot of bookkeeping and IT experience so there are some costs we are comfortable in not having to incur, however the bigger expenses such as lawyers and accountants seem unavoidable, and from what I hear it is pretty important to get your name out there quickly and effectively through an online presence and advertising so you can pick up deals earlier than others.  

I've heard frivolous lawsuits are unavoidable but never thought it'd happen so soon (first tenant).

In an SFR portfolio this unavoidable but you can do your best to try to get your SFRs to be as similar as possible and mitigate that risk.