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I have not yet billed them or repaired (it's flooring damage- aesthetic, but not a vital repair).

But then, it becomes vital you start to seriously separate yourself personally from the business as much as possible, because likely you're still considered the "property manager" and then tenants might consider suing the "property manager", so some people even separate their property management aspect of the business into a separate S-Corp and furthermore put individual properties in multiple LLCs. 

As Hasan mentioned, reputation is vital in any business. 

I do feel that networking is vital...love this site...  

Just wondering if anyone has some vital info for me at this point???

It is vital to meeting other investor and private money lenders.  

In your situation, I would be sure to get the vital information to do your background/credit checks during (or directly after) this phone call, so you can follow up on this after you hang up.

Accountability is vital when it comes to reaching the goals you set out to accomplish this year.

It is a biz and needs to be treated as such, self employment is not for everybody, and with anything comes risk, how you deal with that as an individual and how you mitigate that risk is of vital importance.I was quoted in a recent podcast I did with the following: "There is risk in everything we do and everything we say.