Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

U only have to be burned once when title comes back 3 days before closing ( which can be very common in abstractor  states ) only to find it title is buggered.. title companies and closing attorneis may have their process's but a good agent just lets them know this is how escrow is going to flow.. they will wine but it cost 200.00 for a title search and we dont want to spend that until we know we have a closing.

We have decided, like you mentioned to advertise for LTR  and see how things go. 

One of the most common mistakes beginners make is jumping into large rehab projects without having a solid team or boots on the ground. 

As far as appreciation, and someone can correct me if Im wrong but looking at all the common markets over an 8 year span, its about the same for all of them.

Yes, window treatments are a common one for tenants to break.

If the latter, depending on the jurisdiction, YOU may need to be a licensed real estate agent/broker to engage in what’s commonly called “wholesaling” but is actually “flipping”. 

I have advertised through Hemlane, ZIllow and also MLS. 

So the major issues in a house are a foundation issue or a structural issue, the next tier down would be a mechanical issue like Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, then roof - which isn;t an issue a new roof is very common in a fix n flip, and then the outside facade: Brick repair, driveway repair, brick pointing. 

Most of the methods are for advanced investors and not nearly as common or easy as portrayed by YouTube gurus selling courses for a living.