.- Most contractors will cut corners, or worse, once they figure out they won't be watched closely:( Your job will also go to the bottom of their priority list.Monitoring progress is relatively easy: hire that same inspector to go by weekly or before any payments to take a VIDEO of:1) What was done2) Quality of workmanshipOne other thing you didn't ask about, payments to contractors.- They all want 50% down or as much as they can squeeze out of you. 

Something to watch if you are mindful of the government being over-involved in nearly every single LLC registration.

Yup then you get newbies coming up after they watch you buy a few and want to buy you a cup of coffee and pick your  brain.. 

Like you said, you don't want to grow super fast so take your time and watch the mortgage markets.

Let’s be honest, I’ve watched folks who jump into this game as if playing roulette.. firing off offers on duplexes in Phoenix or leaning on some “sure-thing” house hack in Austin without ever sketching out their plan.

Those accounts are shared across multiple properties since guests don't all watch TV at the same time.I've only had one guest not be happy they didn't have traditional cable but that's when I explained football was on YouTube TV and all was well.

As you read these books, watch the BiggerPockets podcasts.

There are some people out there doing this unethically and being watched.  

classic scam.to the OP  google Ingrid Robinson /  American greed   / Remington financial she took those guys down and its worth watching how they work.. the foreigners are on to it.. so anything with even slightly bad English is a huge red flag and 100% fraud.this guy looks more Russian than Kiwi to me.. 

What other data should I be watching?