My handyman is fully capable of installing these things.Plus, I am funding through a HELOC, so I don't have a lender breathing down my neck.

As a personal injury attorney for plaintiffs, I can tell you that, for the most part, "[a]mbulance chasing attorneys" do not have the time or desire to "legally navigate around Insurance Policies."  

It's a sellers market in my neck of the woods, East of Houston. 

It's always good to see people getting involved in REI up in our neck of the woods.If I had time, I could probably write 10 pages on the questions you ask here, but will try to give a very brief overview without getting lost in the weeds.As you probably imagine, Logan is the most desirable area for rental properties because of the perceived notion that the University provides an endless tenant pool.  

@John Thedford, As you know lot's are like pimples on a 14 year old in our neck of the woods.  

It's a pain in the neck to read, and to google all the "notwithstandings" and other legal mumbo jumbo, but it gave me a really solid understanding of what my rights are as a land-lord. 

In your shoes I would go for property #3 and perhaps hold in reserves the down payment on property #4.It doesn't look like a good time to be stretching your neck out. 

If not, look for a similar company in your neck of the woods.

But right now I was thinking about using a turn key service somewhere in the Midwest to get the ball rolling for the time being and see how it goes.....I have been looking at Ohio cash flow, but the bottom line is my wife and I don't have the time or mental injury after the last two years of total stress to dea with ALL the intricacies of flipping or managing ourselves....  

Down Neck(Ironbound), North Newark (300-900 blocks), down town (very few blocks) and upper Vailsburg are Good areas.