Hi Jason and welcome to the community,In working on construction projects outside of my state (I'm a licensed residential contractor and SF rental owner) I have encountered that the local building codes might be amended to add any local requirements in addition to the national codes, so you want to work with a local contractor to at least give you a run down of the process and help you pull permits for any items requiring a licensed electrician, plumbing or structural work.Good luck in KS.MRod

I know it sounds crazy but this is what I have encountered.

You will never see an appreciation in value, you will see a decline of the asset, and you will encounter tenants that are professional at making earning a return difficult.Proper management may be difficult to find as well.Take a google street view drive down it. look at the boarded up houses and the housing stock.

Coincidentally, I just encountered this exact same scenario/choice in one of my rentals a few weeks ago. 

The biggest negatives are additional fees and hassels that you can encounter.  

., case law) that in practice the landlord must pay for water and sewer - s/he can try to pass the cost on to the tenant, but it is toothless because the landlord cannot allow the property to be without water and so must ensure it is never turned off (and if s/he allowed that to happen, then the tenant may not owe rent for that period and could even be entitled to damages if it was found to be part of a self-help eviction).Some RI general laws you may want to review are listed below, but like I said, you're really asking a legal question so unless you find an attorney willing to weigh in here for free (which would be awesome), you'll either have to ask one directly yourself (on your own dime), research the laws yourself, or be content with non-attorney opinions like mine.Anyway, here are some relevant laws and you'll also want to check out the RI Landlord Tenant Handbook which is basically a plain-language explanation of the most commonly encountered LL-tenant laws:RIGL § 34-18-22 Landlord to maintain premisesRIGL § 34-18-22.2 Landlord's duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing lawsRIGL § 34-18-31 Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential servicesRIGL § 45-24.3-7 Minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities

The only issue I’ve encountered is posts not showing.

It was a series of texts, calls and in person encounters.

I've not encountered a HML that requests Personal and/or Business Tax returns or W2s - that's why they're going to a HML.  

Hello everyone,I'm fairly new to real estate, so I'm sorry if this seems like an ignorant question.After listening to the bigger pockets podcast and reading a whole bunch on here it seems like one of the biggest problems people encounter are their property management companies.