I would probably start monthly or bi-weekly "safety inspections" to A) document any lack of evidence of risks/issues to the tenant's safety to be prepared to legally defend yourself in the future, and B) to monitor for new/worsening damage to the unit.

The home had fire damage in the garage after roof replacement.

That bubble will burst in a very legally challenging way for people who follow that bad advice.Second, you have to be in a position to handle a Due on Salecall.Third you have to be in a position to make every payment on time even if the property is sitting there vacant.You have to know why you are buying the property and what you are going to do with it to be cash positive without question.There are other things but that is a start.

Don't order the dumpster a few days in advance before they start work and let it sit.

The best way to start investing with 0% down is to buy a multi-family and live in one of the units. 

Start doing this right now.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

So I want to start looking at the best areas to invest in and do some research for myself 

Our cleaner sends invoices at the end of the month for all of the month's cleans, and we pay them via ACH (used to do Zelle until we got big enough that we started getting hit by Zelle transaction limits).This works great for the properties we own.  

I just don't even know where to start and what I should be asking but am wondering.