Patricia,  Do you have a team in place in Baltimore that can help advise you?

Essentially there are investors out there that can build a large enough portfolio with little debt that can cash flow enough for a great life.If you want to scale to many properties then you will want to consider leveraging your existing properties.

Any with good or bad experiences with them that you can share.

I am looking for a local lender in DFW to finance a few of rental properties as well.Thanks,Tal Hi Tal, my firm can finance 1-4 familes, condos and townhomes if that's what you're looking for.

These look like landlord issues and she is doing the right thing by reporting them to you right away so they can get taken care of.

You can also take them to small claims court but you cannot get water from a stone.

Most major metros can handle MTR only and STR only--- it's a strategy discussion.

Tenants can be hard on things. 

Do you have a base of knowledge that can be useful?

They city will red tag it and require you to upgrade everything and get a Certificate of Occupancy before you can rent it.