Ask the dumpster company how much weight comes "for free" with the dumpster, and what the cost per ton is for going over that weight. 

Does this requirements lessen with larger loans?

Bulk up the porch columns to give them more weight.

I will tell you that those nerves are normal and it means you are thinking carefully about the decision and understand its weight. 

This DaVinci overlock system should help a lot of owner/managers lessen some of the work load (if it works as advertised).https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/10-federal-announces-the-official-release-of-the-davinci-overlock-system-for-the-self-storage-industry-300624272.html

... also, regarding you getting a loan with this proposed purchase: the credit of the IRA account owner would not be of weight here, the loan must be non-recourse, the IRA account owner can not personally guarantee this loan. 

My specific question for experienced landlords is: Do you ignore or put less weight in medical collections as opposed to other types of collections?

It might weight one location above another if it's already on your list of possibilities for other reasons, but it wouldn't be a determining factor in any way for me.Really, you can do real estate anywhere in some shape or form, so you can move where you want and figure out how to make real estate work there, or move where you want and figure out how to make real estate work for you "long distance".  

(I am new at this though, so I think that time commitment will lessen as I get more comfortable with things.)And for what it is worth, if you do buy a fixer-upper, I think it's a good idea to manage the property yourself.

This is a pretty stressful time for us right now, and are curious if there is any help or loophole to this situation to take some of this weight off of our shoulders.Thank you so much for your time.