Everybody wants a home run on year 1 of their first deal which is why many never get started. 

What is the best way to find plumbers and handymen who work for themselves and would run over to deal with things, and perhaps have a key that they can use to get in if the tenant is not there?

In California and Florida there are two State run plans of last resort (Cal Fair and Citizens respectively) for the otherwise uninsurable; properties that private companies have already deemed too risky and are effectively subsidized by taxpayers.

This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident.Any lawsuits should be limited to the assets of the LLC and not your personal assets (assuming you run the LLC appropriately and the corporate veil is not pierced, some debate as to SMLLC).

When a wholesaler sends a deal run comps, see if what they sent is good enough to look deeper.

That's the first question as real estate is like another job and if you are upgrading properties it's like running a daycare. also what experience do you have?

Gita,At least the way I prefer to do things is to only run accrual based accounting activity on my day to day operations.

Run the numbers.

The contractors you run into inside & outside the store, will be hard workers.Good luck!

Theres still opportunities out there you just have to get a little creative with how you will run your property.