Best tips are take it slow and make sure you have significant reserves when you leave your w2 also don't buy a company car if you already have a car just to say it's for work.

It sounds like my refrigerator/freezer is passing away! I would love any advice on landlords' favorite brands or models that last well and are not complicated. And are there any tricks to for the purchase as a landlor...

Any tips or advice?

Certainly not impossible, but the multifamily market (especially for larger properties) is pretty active and below-market purchases, while possible, don't happen as often as they might in the smaller property space.Pro tip:  If you still like the idea of purchase cap rate, use stabilized yield on cost instead. 

I have video and pictures of all the damages and had sent him the itemized list on 5th day of his move out, which is within 30 days.

You can hire a home inspector who does report + videos.

I’m happy to share my own tips and experiences as well.

I have attached a video from our CEO on the Basics of Investing.

What I like about it is the fact I can reach out to them when I have specific questions about a topic or if I wanted more details.Information like this can be found through reading REI books and scourging YT videos.

Wholesaling isn't my specialty, but for those wholesalers I've worked with generally aren't looking to give you personal tips or strategies to be more consistent, they're generally just say, "get a list, call all of them, and then follow up in a week" or something similar.