Other than just collecting rent and arranging to have repairs made,  a property manager can also handle any problems that surface between neighbors (one neighbor complaining of having too many people over/being too loud at night or blocking each other's cars in or not taking out the trash, etc).

That is rule one for the lazy land lord buy small houses it means less work overall,So on to painting If you talk to any experienced old school painter they will tell you that you need to cut in. which is making a border around the ceilings and base boards.this is a very very important step for the lazy land lord because doing this step properly will allow you to use the roller much easier and quickly so you can get home to your couch and the game. but more important it will prevent you from getting paint on the ceilings which will need to be brushed in later brushing in paint on the ceiling is time consuming and tedious so avoiding paint on the ceiling is the lazy landlords first priorityMany old school painters will tell you to get a good cut in brush. but if you are not familiar with painting the cut in brush can take quite a bit of time, to get efficiently good results my solution buy a paint kit that comes with a cut in tool it should look like a rectangular plastic thing a ma jig that has little wheels on one sidethis device allows you to quickly do the border in record time.The secret I found to using this tool is to gently place it on top of your paint so it floats on the surface for about 2 seconds you dont want the wheels getting paint on themjust the applicator I didnt use the pole attachment I think the hand allows more control and gets you up close to the work.

I use satin because higher gloss paints make imperfections in the wall surface stand out, but flat paints look cheap.Behr white high gloss enamel on all the trim.

sq ft. of paint surface you need to use lead safe practices supervised by a licensed lead safe worker.

Sure on the surface this whole deal looks to good to be true, is it?

But i can tell you how to dig beneath the surface and finding out if the opportunity is good.

With vinyl plank, the color goes all the way through (at least the ones I have bought had this), so even if you gouge it with a key, it still doesn't show like other flooring with just a surface color.

Items include: loose door hinges, toilet handle loose, toilet bowl loose, one burner on oven was not working, small hole in hardwood in corner of floor behind fridge, bath tub drainage issue (slow clog, just needs to be snaked) water stain on ceiling with cracking plaster on ceiling. 

Albany seems to be good from the surface but I do not know the area very well.

You need a good surface to lay vinyl on so you have to get the glue up if you do that.