Calling frequently and being respectful when you do so goes a LONG way to speeding things up.

There are currently 10 items, which I affectionately refer to as the "10 Deadly Sins" that if they are included in your Wisconsin residential rental agreement will render the agreement void and unenforceable.In my representation of landlords over the past 20 years, the two most frequent situations in which I have found an illegal provision in a rental agreement were because: (1) the landlord decided to draft his/her own rental agreement and didn't know that Wisconsin law prohibited him/her from including certain language, and (2) the landlord used a rental agreement that s/he found on the internet that was not drafted by a person knowledgeable about Wisconsin landlord-tenant law.Section 704.44 of the Wisconsin Statutes sets forth the prohibited provisions.You cannot include a provision in your Wisconsin residential rental agreement that:1.

There are frequent pest issues & repairs that come up. 

I haven't frequented enough meth labs to know, but I assume that there would have been strong evidence of a meth lab on the property.Depending on your area, the tenants may be able to get a copy of the police report.

The rules and recommendations for this seem to be evolving on a pretty frequent basis.

There will always be more risk with something vacant, you're probably going to be counting on one person as your "eyes" on the project (or at least for "security", overall)- and the more hands on/ closer they live / able to visit site frequently, the better. whether that is your gc, a project or property manager, or your handyman/even yard maintenance guy, neighboring teenager, or whoever- this person is key

Oklahoma does have very high insurance premiums relative to other markets due to frequent hail storms.

As such, I would only be concerned with markets that you can get to easily/cheaply and hopefully have a direct tie to (family, frequent business trips, etc).  

He frequently coaches students on things like floor plan and he really is a master. 

Of course I still need to decide which part of the country I plan on investing in (it's possible I'm moving around the country frequently in the first year, so that is making me think about the most ideal location for an initial investment).Once established and with a track record in Spain, I plan on making my first investment here in the US, most likely in the Boston/MA area.In any event, I'm excited to connect and learn from those in this group.If you know anyone with international investment properties or contacts abroad, especially in Spain, I would love to connect!