I’m just taking it one step at a time, learning as I go, and trying to set things up the right way from the start.

This is why so many people earn large sums of money quickly (lottery, sports, entertainment, etc.) and end up broke.Take Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.

I would also set boundaries with the tenants, you might want to not out right say you are the owner either. 

I was originally drawn to it because I wanted to have one place where all my tenants paid rent and where they had the option to set up auto payments. 

I have my mind set at getting a short term rental to offset my W2 income.

While dealing with all sorts of people, and dealing with lease violators, are all part of owning/managing properties, YOU set the tone for how you will be treated and how your tenants are expected to behave. 

I am a blue collar guy through and through so even though I'm now a realtor, I can never set my toolbelt down for very long before I'm needing to demo, build, and create once again.

They just generate chlorine at a constant rate depending on the system setting.  

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