- Don't make an offer until you've physically seen at least 25 properties so you have an idea of actually what each price point looks like in person.- Don't let anyone tell you to buy your first investment property in an area that you can't drive to in 15 minutes.- Don't spend money on mentoring.

I'm a new investor, and I've been doing the addicting legwork of analyzing and then physically seeing houses almost every weekend over the past month.I work in construction as my day job, I'm a Project Manager working exclusively in natural disaster rebuilding.

I'm a physical therapist so I don't have all day to search for off market properties, though I have tossed around the idea of becoming an agent.

What use is legally permissible, physically possible, financially feasible, and maximally productive.

When the property has electronic keypad locks on the exterior entry doors, is it required (by law) for the landlord to also provide the tenant with a physical key?

Ultimately I spent $250K on College to emerge with a Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy. 

Lost rent to vacancy often costs less than physical depreciation in terms of actual cost to repair and property value.The people who let it all go and continue to collect rent do so as an effort to pay for their sanity, not because it makes the most financial sense in terms of owning property - let's get that clear.And as far as sanity goes, I do better when I know my tenants are not trashing the place.

Are they looking for a structural certification of the physical foundation or a document that makes the home a permanent part of the land as opposed to 'personal property'? 

Sounds like your dismissing rent owed, but in the long run if they can agree to it and it can be done legally, it often saves money and significant time in the long run.Forgot to add, Don't physically enter the property at this point.

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