I am looking at other options now as small rentals is such a grind.

I also mention TV, stereo, etc. placement (which room) and noise in my lease.When someone moves in, follow your lease to the letter from the start.

It's part of the grind.

Peoples situations change rather quickly and a non-responsive seller may be very motivated to sale tomorrow.Read, learn, ask questions, work, grind, market, make lots of low but fair offers, follow up, and you should turn a profit in this business.Good luck!

Bandit signs worked 10 years ago, but they are now simply visual noise.

. - External factors could affect the rental market (the military base required short term attendees to live on post rather than off post)- Have a reserve when your rental doesn't rent as fast as you'd like it to- Utilize the internet (My renter found a post I had on craigslist)- It's about marketing (there's so much noise out there, the internet, news etc, that you need to do something to be different to attract your tenant)Also I built a website for my other side business.What did you do last month?

Count it as a liability and get it when you're already doing well with your investing.If you do it right you could get a househack multi in your name and then a year later in your wife's name.I never see my tenants or have noise issues.

It is so easy to get lost in the noise of the unimportant.  

Lot of white noise about OPM.

Keep grinding!