Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

The guests have a credit card on file and your policy should allow you to charge for damages or excessive cleaning.

Without predictability on insurability and risk of the primary collateral being destroyed (which at this point theoretically could happen anywhere) as it’s January, and would you believe in 2023 that 71K thousand square miles of northern Canada burned 5% of the entire Canadian forest with billions in damages? 

Physical investing is a long term ball game, not no quick game.

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In one particular circumstance we had the same tenant intentionally damage their heating system and then calling in a complaint. 

Umbrella Policies are good, but they are not an asset protection tool, they only cover litigation/damages after you’re already in litigation or found personally liable.

If im out of state, does it make sense to join social media groups, etc. to accomplish the same thing without being physically there? 

Also, since you are new to finding tenants and renting, should you get someone who damages your unit, probably not a big deal since you haven't renovated it yet.  

You'll have tenants that don't pay, damages made, and potentially other disasterous situations occur on your properties.