Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." ~ John Quincy Adams

You'll need to know how to calculate it, but it's not that difficult. I

Also, how difficult is it to find a good property manager in the area? 

I am having some difficulty finding a company that does so.

Removing asbestos it is not necessarily über expensive ... in fact, you might make more in the long run by removing it.While inhaling asbestos a few times may produce no noticeable effect, fibres will remain in your lungs.  

I'm an experienced investor in Australia, looking to venture into USA for the first time like yourself, my main issue at the moment is difficulty of getting finance.

They funnel their attention on traffic volume when difficulty to rank is the best thing to look at. 

I'm sure this question has come up before but I am having difficulty finding any topics related to it in the forum. 

I feel a bit naive here because I am having difficulty understanding how the interest works.

One potential problem I could see is that the difficulty in forecasting when stuff would break.