My plan wasn’t to officially set it up until I obtained another property or two.

There's another TX landlord on BP who said they have language like this in their lease: "Our lease has had the term "any additional or periodic pest control is the responsibility of the tenant..."  

Just keep in mind that it might take a little effort to find a good property manager if you are thinking about doing a typical 1 one year lease or something like that, however, if you are thinking about short-term rental you have a bunch of management companies with different commissions and the option of a guaranteed rent but it goes back to location when it comes to rent potential.Good luck and if you need any help with the language or boots on the ground reach out, right now I just take any chance to be around investors and deals.Best regards,Diogo Cândido

All 50 states in this country have language written into their statutes that requires that life insurance companies make loans to their policy owners that are secured by the cash value of the policy.

NOT W2 income (unless you are officially a real estate professional.)

City officials seem very helpful and easy to get hold of.

Appreciate the advise about the language. 

Code §92.056(e)(1).Note –This remedy section does not contain the lack of hot water language.

The exact language in the paperwork depends on what state the property is located.

And when I tell people, I get the same old argument "Oh I just hire a PM, then I don't have to deal with it, problem solved" - and they don't realize how naive they sound...I was lucky enough that I have never made the mistake of buying in the inner city; frankly it was only because I had just arrived in the US and it was too much of a culture shock and also a language barrier - I just could not understand some people what they were telling me - so I decided to look in nicer parts of town.