Finally, I would demand copies of all keys and a reminder that they cannot change locks without permission.

As a COURTESY, we will do our best to set up an appointment with the tenant for no charge.In a perfect world, the tenant will honor the appointment they agree to - but, from experience, can tell you that the lower the demographics of the tenant, the less chance of success.So, again for no charge, it is our standard practice to such appointments in one of our company calendars with THREE reminders for the tenant - one 3-5 days before, the day before and at 8am the day of.

That way, you can set it up so that when you get a lead, they are automatically getting on a drip campaign.The CRM should also push reminders for you to take actions when necessary.Hope this helps! 

As rents rise you may get marginal cash flow, but over 5 years I predict a great mix of cash flow and appreciation (as @DavidGreene reminds us). hope this helps, and remember to run your own market data analysis and property analysis, utilizes showings, property visits, and convos with your local team to validate your assumptions.  

Immediately after we went under contract, my agent sent me all the important dates to know and I created calendar invites to remind myself.

80/20 Rule Reminder: I try to always keep this rule in the back of my mind.

Remind you I am in NJ Markets.6.

We will be working to remind members of the rules in "hot topic" threads, and will be leaning towards locking the topic if there is good content rather than removing it completely.

It also reminded me that you…and all of us…need real estate-oriented tax strategists in our corner not just regular CPAs.

i use apartments.com thats good for having your tenants pay you there with history and reminder of leases. i use spreadsheet for my expenses as well and then just share that with my cpa at end of year. hope this helps