One challenge you might face is your mix of prospective tenants not being a good fit for one another.

You are 19, and there are some people who will try to take advantage of you (take your money), so be careful and only partner with someone you trust.At 19 partnering might be hard, you are young, and inexperienced, hard but not impossible.Maybe you can earn and learn with sweat equity working with a partner who knows the ropes, doing remods, roofing, painting, cabnet installs, as well as learning the financial end of things...Don't work for free, your labor is valuable and Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, get a percent of the property ownership for your efforts.And beware of those who will swindle you based on your age and inexperience--every smiling face is not your friend.Good Luck!

It will be a much more seamless process if you agree to no repairs, the issue many face is that many buyers will run away if such significant problems aren't addressed, especially when identified by an inspector. 

Do you ask this question over the phone before ever meeting face to face? Is

Where you have multiple tenants on a common heater:remove tenant controls and YOU set the tempgo to a zone control system for each unit.The problem you face is HEAT and water are conditions for habitability and you don't want the city/count/state to get involved - - solve asap.

“I think the reality one has to face is you are paying for the content to be placed in your lap as someone else sees fit rather than having to go hunt for that value” and that is where we are at.

I've Googled "property management software" till I'm blue in the face. I

The issue I, and many other folks living in expensive areas, face is the fact that it would take an insane amount of down-payment money to get started.There are many ways to be successful in this game.

You cut the hand off a Realtor the word will be out and you may not get any of them to deal with you, you'll cut your nose off to spite your face. I

a face to face is probably a good idea.