They drop off the dirty linens at the laundromat, we pay for their cleaning, and then the laundromat can deliver them once cleaned.

Proper underwriting and due diligence (DD) processes are essential to ensure that projects maintain a strong risk profile while still delivering attractive returns.

If you don't follow the process perfectly (such as by not delivering notice on time, or in the right way, or charging unfairly such as for normal wear and tear) you will be SOL and could even end up having to return the security deposit or even pay them more $ above the security deposit. 

The only mail that could possibly be delivered there is the mail belonging to the previous tenant.

This should be particularly true if we are willing to invest outside of our local area.Supply vs demand imbalances deliver price appreciation. 

With a month-to-month tenant in place, it should not be too hard to get them out, depending on the state, but you should have written your offer to be delivered vacant if you didn't want to deal with this.

A detached garage was built off site and delivered and is the only work I didn't do, although I did wire the building and install the garage door.

Jeff Dilldine’s first fix-and-flip turned out to be a major win, as the home sold for $425,000, delivering an excellent profit.

The market is competitive but if you deliver a consistent quality, in demand product at a good value you will do fine. 

You don't know the law, you don't know how to handle difficult tenants, and you aren't local to work on it.This is what Ohio law says: “The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent for the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make ordinary, necessary, or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, deliver parcels that are too large for the tenant’s mail facilities, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors.”I would give the tenant a short, direct warning that they have 72 hours to coordinate with the vendor and set a schedule for repairs.