I agree that for good realtor, being PM at the same time can help build accountability and encourages investors to buy more in the future.

The deductible just discourages reporting problems or encourages them to cover up or repair themselves.

For government employees on official travel, use of the government travel card is generally strongly encouraged (from a legit fraud control perspective).

Any advice for other actions to take to ensure a smooth handover and/or tips on how to encourage current residents to move along so that I can remodel and raise rents besides buying them out?

The sense of community and encouragement provided by reading everyone's posts has helped me believe that my new goals are sensible and achievable---  with a lot of hard work!

Even though it's legal recreationally in the state of Mass, you can't have an official document that is tied to BP encouraging tenants to consume, possess, distribute, and manufacture it. 

If you are looking to expand your rentals i would high encourage you to start reading that book as i know its seriously helping me move forward in my investing.

My opinion is that this is to encourage their offering for expediting payments for a fee.

@Marc Winter Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate your words of encouragement.

You can help them with initial registration and encourage to use online system to pay rent. 2.