Line up financing..Select an agent.Meet with an attorney who is familiar with investing to have contracts drawn up (Independent Contract Agreement etc)Meet with a CPA to select best incorporation/tax stategy for the investing path you have chosen.Become ultra familiar with Home Depot, Lowes, etc in terms of the products you intend to use...Anything else?

Both of us are engineers who have worked our entire careers in Corporate America.

And, I've been in corporate America long enough to have a brass pair!!! 

Set up an LLC with articles of incorporation, EIN and an operating agreement.  

I love the Back Bay area, sometimes I ride my  carbon fiber road bike through there.

I’ll be incorporating these ideas!

I will incorporate those in to my screenings from now on.

I would still only install one if the costs of extra vacancy/decreased rent is greater than the cost of the dishwasher and maintenence.Also, make sure you or the plumber incorporate the drain from the dishwasher into the sink traps correctly. 

I have flipped multiple properties and made more in 8 months then I did in my best years as a manger in corporate America.I was told by a bank that they wouldn't fund me because I don't have a job.

I think our biggest concern/push for incorporating would be to limit liability and de-risk personal assets.