Once that's covered, you can go all-in on those fabulous renovations.Effective marketing plays a pivotal role in attracting tenants and increasing property appeal.

If the animal is a nuisance or causing damage, you can have it removed.

It's a lot of work upfront but once the team and systems are established it gets easier and as you get better you can expand to another city. 

Quote from @Clint Miller: How are you supporting your clients during this festive season?

I'm surprised you can find a manager for 15%.

Let's say there's 3 properties in a 1-mile radius with 5b/3b, but one is a foreclosure and the other 2 are regular conventional sales.If you're doing a comp for your subject (4th) property, do you have to take the foreclosure one into consideration?

A legitimate wholesaler will likely have more off-market opportunities in the pipeline that you can explore/analyze.

You can EASILY pass several million to your heirs tax free and avoid at least a $1M in taxes if you spend anywhere near 20 years investing in real estate. 

You can create multiple subsections. 

You can open a Self-Directed IRA and use the IRA funds to buy a house using a Non-recourse loan.