It is easy to get optimistic.

Placing a quality tenant is easy once you get a handle on how. 

Electrical was done beautifully, one panel for common areas and then one panel for each floor. 3 easy access water tanks and furnaces.

If they are easy to replace?

I almost never install laminate due to easy damage from water.

What @Marc Jackson said ^^^I have it pretty easy. 

Investor you want to be meaning Passive or not, self-managing or hiring a management company, A, B C neighborhood etc The fact that everyone is telling you to do it if you can is easy when it isn't their money.  

I find it to be fairly easy to manage out of state, the only real difficult part is tenant turnover.

We knew it was a fixer upper that needed major work but the inspectors found more termite damage than anticipated and even evidence of a previous fire.

We knew it was a fixer upper that needed major work but the inspectors found more termite damage than anticipated and even evidence of a previous fire.