Tenants must know and follow these rules for property maintenance and repairs to avoid legal or financial issues.Best Practices for Landlords:Define Maintenance Responsibilities: In the lease agreement, it's important to clearly outline authorized maintenance tasks for tenants, detailing responsibilities to minimize disputes and foster a transparent landlord-tenant relationship.Provide Training: Landlords can offer training to improve property maintenance and foster a positive relationship with tenants, empowering them to take better care of the rental property.Regular Inspections: Schedule routine property inspections to proactively identify and address maintenance needs.

With our CPA and lawyer, we have our Texas series LLC set up as outlined by @Costin I., where much of the work is with the bookkeeping. 

@Jonathan Scheeler You want to outline what you need before looking:)How many units are you managing for yourself and how many for other owners?

Low-income landlording in C/D-class SFR and small multifamily wasn't the lever I would have pulled to get to financial freedom, given a choice.The things I did have were the beginnings of a good hands-on renovation background acquired while I was teaching overseas, an understanding of the basic outlines of the business inherited from my family, a willingness to work hard with my hands, a strong research background to learn a lot of things by myself, a deep disdain for the rat race, and a wife who believed in me.

@Leonard Rybak- 1) if you have time on the deal ( 2-3 weeks )  -move to a new lender if you are  not satisfied   2) if time is short -outline all your concerns / questions on an email and ask for feedback ...if  anything is unclear or  unacceptable - address it  asap 3) trust your instinct and dont use them on your next deal

@Dan Scarborough  nice outline.. although if your doing a sale in that manner you will have to pay our forester up front for the cruise.. and out our way our growing cycles are more like 60 to 90 years and longer.. replant is mandatory in our area unless your say planting a vineyard or something.. you cant just clear cut and leave it .ERGO there is more timber than there ever has been.. and more coming on line from all the replanting in the 60s and 70s.. in our market if a forester is engaged to set up a sale.. he or she will usually only market to the normal sources IE log buyers and some loggers that buy timber stands ( like I used to do).. public can find a few of them.. but if its a big mature stand competition from a mill is pretty keen.

@Michael Baum- thanks ...did the  1st lender you  outline  actually have a FHA options for a STR?

That being said the Architects are to provide a "Standard of Care" which should be outlined in your contract.

Julie - Very impressive, and thanks for the outline on where you have been and where you are going.

It should be outlined I your management agreement