The only costs are hourly wages to an assistant to respond to the tenants if something comes up like a question about the online payment portal system or something else.

Eventually I want to get into single family and multi family rentals.As far as effort or work on the fixers;  my brother in law is quite handy and my next door neighbor has said he would help in anything that is out of my scope of expertise. 

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If you are going to school, I'm not sure you'd be making enough money to qualify for a mortgage.Prices in London are nuts and the real estate system in Scotland is not in the buyer's favour as they do sealed bids.I got started in grad school, but had my parents co-sign a loan (for which I made all of the payments and I had the down payment). 

- Highly unlikely you'll be able to get separate water meters installed and submeter system probably too expensive for this few of units. - So, that leaves electric & gas.

The US Tax systems, when compared to the EU, seems to be setup for capitalists. 1031 exchanges, write-offs, etc.

Not sure about Ohio, but it can take close to a year or more in some states, especially with someone who knows how to work the system.

One thing you may want to consider is the possibility of hacking into a small multi like a duplex.

The members here on BP that talk about STR auto-run systems didn't install those systems and find dependable cleaners & handymen overnight.

 I am a relatively new house flipper.  One of the issues I have noticed is that some people think of a flip house as being the cheapest possible rehab.  To address this I took detailed pictures from beginning to end o...