You deal with a product, clients, budgets, accounts payables, accounts receivable, taxes, etc.

This led the State agency to require a.) that there can be no disturbance of the soil at all within a certain footprint of where the tank was located b.) this defect has to be registered on the deed, c.) all neighboring properties have to be checked for active and passive water wells and if any water wells are not properly decommissioned (I believe this involves removing the hardware and plugging the well with concrete) they have to be tested now and over the next several years for contamination.

The contractors card also has discounts and being in the contractors club gets you additional rebate amounts from 1% - 10% depending on the product.

The liability paranoia is a product of gurus and attorneys scaring people to use their services, mostly, but properly run they are another hurdle to overcome.I would not be concerned with a 4 plex in my personal name with better financing, if I were going to have 20 properties, that becomes a business factor.

And I am trying to learn more about an entry point, or starting level in real estate, rental properties and the like.I did work briefly as a sales-man in El Paso Texas, long enough to learn the basics of salesmanship, and decided not to go all in on memorizing the specifications on the products I was supposed to be selling, and rehearsing the companies sales pitch for door-to-door sales, or telemarketing.The problem I am having isn't so much a business plan/game plan, as it is initial financing to get the ball rolling.

If you have that many leaves in your downspouts you might want to consider a product like gutter helmet or something similar.

Unfortunayely this is one of those "defects" you can't fix.

You've got to remember, some tenants will go weeks with a broken window or some other defect, which can lead to much larger problems.

If your property is up to par and shows well and you are confident in your product, then you should have no issues in renting out to another deserving tenant.

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