To comply with local standards and protect tenants' privacy, make sure the flats have separate entrances, kitchens, and utilities.

A couple of book recommendations:- David Greene's 'Skill' & 'Sold'- Hyper Local, Hyper Fast Agent by Dan Lesniak- Gary Keller's Millionaire Real Estate Agent- Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Successful PeopleSoak up the practical advice and apply it.The main takeaways I got from these books:- A day where you don't work to generate leads is a day off.

@Alecia Loveless many of the towns and cities in Connecticut have these things called Fair Rent Commissions.If you raise the rent too much and the tenant brings a complaint to their local Fair Rent Commission.

I hire a company to do the advertising required.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

In the future, have a process for security deposit return that complies with your local laws and follow it.

Well if you really want to do it right, you should speak to a local PM or lawyer who has done it before.

There are about 2,000 members in the local REIA which charges $20 a month to be in, and I know of several other investment groups that are over the top charging upwards of $20,000 to join, but who is "Actually buying"?

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

@Ian Radcliffe 1. yes, you can do land flipping while working a 9-5 just like you can become a local real estate developer in your community while working a 9-5. 2. the less time you have the more strategic partners you'll need on your team to execute 3. there are a lot of courses out there and I'd recommend talking with a land flipper and/or their team prior to buying the course just to make sure expectations are aligned There are quite a lot of other nuances around it but if you're curious and you do some research you can definitely make it happen.