One that will pay on time AND maintain the place. 

The one challange is maintaining the exterior, of the home being so close to a school it gets beat up.

If you don't have a deep pipeline, its very difficult for any builder to maintain a steady flow of builds.

Maintain a credit score of 620 or higher, save for a down payment, and research markets carefully.

Strategies: maintain the most amount of credit lines possible without use; no late payments, ever; any credit that you do use as a consumer should be small relative to the credit limit of the account; keep your accounts open as long as possible; don't apply for credit unless you really need it to limit hard inquiries; space out any new applications or inquiries as far as possible. 

My goal is to maintain good relation with tenants and have excellent communication.

The GFC unfortunately hit all of us lenders pretty hard and I had a concentration in Jackson and ATL and Memphis so I had to move to Jackson for a year to clean up my portfolio I thought I was going to be there for maybe a few weeks but that turned out to be a year and I got very fortunate I was able to rent the developers house at Reunion .

Striking the right balance between enforcement and maintaining an inclusive, education-focused community will be crucial to its success.

Well owners who already had section 8 tenants in place didn't want to spend $5, $10, $15k or more upgraded a unit that has a tenant in place just to maintain the rents they had (or have a slight increase) so a lot of section 8 approved properties stopped taking section 8.Right after COVID though, it seems that section 8 has lowered their standards a bit.

Ask for them to remove the tree.Fifth, see if you can apply to get a protective order from a court to maintain the property.