(It was Hollywood and everybody has dogs)2) Somebody tried selling the appliances that came with the unit which included the fridge, dishwasher, stove & microwave.3) We were recently affected by the fires and had to evacuate, some tenants refused to evacuate even after police forced them to because they were "tougher than the fire".Have you heard of those horror stories about tenants completely trashing apartments and feces all over the apartment?

You may not even need an Electrician, a good Handyman could do that....How much money are we talking about here?

You can't even get an officer to a traffic accident anymore and how many domestic violence situations happen with little to no attention.  

Lots of times you will have people complaining about noise even if you disclose it on the listing. 

You will learn a lot, but you just may walk away with new friends, new partners, and maybe even someone who can call a mentor.

Even better?

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

We originally used an FHA loan with 3% down, took on MIP, and now have a $2,100/mo mortgage with $225 HOA/mo - so about break even on cash flow. 

This will affect things like required down payment, rates, and even which lending institutions would be willing to finance. i encourage you to look up warrantability for financing just so that you don't have surprisses when your 20% down buyer cannot finance that way.

What you can't do is adjust that amount to different tenants because if you gave it to someone else for 1725 or less even though you said 1800 and them NO to them for 1725....do that enough times and that may cause them to think you are discriminating against sec8 tenants.