Your contractor's GL isn't going to cover any vandalism, or when the house gets burned down due to those vandals. 

Keep it that fire burning!!!

Background check is a landlord's condom, don't get burned!

(i have new carpet in 3 bedrooms)Can you put NON smokers only in your house description, so that will eliminate unwanted tenants, or its a discrimination?

You absolutely need to know your state laws so you don't get burned.

Loving all things real estate combined with the burning desire to shape my own future & financial destiny brings me to this pivotal juncture.I am interested in starting off Wholesaling then moving into buying & holding.

I got burned real bad on a questionable deal because I was TOO eager to take action.

I was burning the candle at both ends though, and to be honest, I was not that great of a salesperson either. 

ONce you get some experience and want to go in that asset class and can do that with your eye's wide open,   And if you go into the low end stuff you really need to scale quickly other wise you will probably get burned out dealing with those type of properties.

Contacted wife who is 3 months behind in payments and pretty much told me that she was going to let it go into Foreclosure to burn her Ex-Husbands credit.