If you sign a multi year lease, build in the rent increase after 1 year and don't go longer than 2 years. 

In today's most real estate transaction, we don't have free market, what we have is mere duopoly/monopoly system with price fixing.

Alot of the other advice has merit but there are way to take care of all those things remotely if you put the systems in place.Hope that helps.

If you're looking for cash flowing multi family properties, you'll probably be looking at the Class C areas of Sacramento, for example, Del Paso Heights, Oak Park, South Sacramento, etc.

I have an in-house skip tracer for my company, so if you're struggling finding good data, we would be happy to run your leads through our system.

We don't cover plumbing clogs that are not cause by physical or mechanical issue with the system - so if a sewer line is full of tree roots, yes we would cover that.

Another consideration is a 1031 exchange to a multi family unit.

They let you open and name multiple accounts and are built upon the system laid out in the book Profit First. 

The best accountants and CPAs will be able to offer you a secure document transfer system in order to keep your sensitive information safe, and also be able to conduct their bookkeeping and tax return services electronically as well, saving both time and money.In my personal ventures into real estate, I have started several LLCs and would be happy to share my real estate experiences with you. 

@Tom Gimer sorry- New phone, New operating system... still adjusting to Android. double space doesn't even capitalize on my phone!