If you work for two years as a real estate agent, and make enough to qualify for a decent house hack, you'd be ahead of most of your peers at the age of 21 or 22 years old. 

Do you go ahead and put an offer on the deal and then get the inspector and contractor there at the same time during your inspection window? 

I doubt there are many of us here who can say they had only 10k in turnover or vacancy in 21 years so by some accounts you came out ahead.  

I want to go ahead and turned key over to new tenant and let them move in and keep the water in my name and tenant will pay me for the water.   

This may be thinking a little bit ahead, but once I narrowed down my potential markets to 1 or 2 cities, I then researched everything I could about the different neighborhoods. 

Before my realtor listed it on the market, I presented to the tenants a letter of intent to sell my property to give them a heads up (top 2 levels and private basement apt rented to 2 diff tenants). 

At the end of the day, you will be so thankful for being organized and having a strategic plan ahead of you!

I believe tenants were accused of smoking in apartment causing a nuisance for neighbors so the landlord went ahead and covered all vents.Thank you

I've been a property manager for 12 years and have 400 rentals, but I am still reading and networking all the time, trying to keep my skills sharp and stay ahead of the next crazy government regulation or nonsensical law or tenant trend.My favorite source to recommend is "Every Landlord's Legal Guide" by NOLO.

Have only used the one with "grip strips", not click lock.