Curious to know, if there were specific books (like 10 X rule) that articulated the kind of mindset needed to achieve his or her goals, or if it was developed from consistent routine setting/actions, or from overcoming adversity, or all of them?

"Routine is an intelligent man, it's a sign of ambition." 

Tools are a bit of an investment but you might be able to borrow a set if you don't plan on doing this routinely.

Would anyone have a good list of the routine/preventative maintenance checks that should be performed annually or regularly on single family rental properties?

The truth is that if the investor has a buyer but cannot negotiate a spread the investor will back out of the deal and allow his buyer to buy directly from the seller even though he has no DUTY to do so. 3 It is much more routine for a lender to require a seller to pay back a portion of their short fall in order to close the property.

Be positive about your ability to process their app and get them moved in a timely manner (based upon your standard policy), and also advise them of your routine handling of maintenance requests.

But you'd have to figure those repair costs into your acquisition numbers.CapEx would be determined by completing the routine inspections on the property so you know what the current status is on major ticket items.

The ones that hit the market as good deals routinely get bid up 20k-30k over list price.

This bill is about routine care.

Some potential employers, in fact, routinely pull credit reports in an effort to better judge the character of their applicants.