I am new to the forum and tried to do a search so forgive me if this is a repeated question...I purchased my second rental property in Atlanta last year.

I will be in the Galveston area frequently throughout Jan and Feb. for meetings.

Remove things that break or will need frequent replacement.

I currently reside in North Carolina but frequently visit Atlanta,GA.

I complained every time he called, which was frequently.

Frantzces - all of our marketing is the same - we market probate leads, just today somebody called us - and the subject property was worth 2 millionit looks like this:month 1 - #10 white envelope / computed generated letter (cgl)month 2 - #10 yellow envelope / cglmonth 3 - postcard - 3 seconds of branding - cause they might have tossed our envelopesmonth 4 - #10 pink envelope / cglmonth 5 - repeat cylewe try not to get to fancy - this is a numbers game!!!

Buy fix sell repeatedly to support an ultimate buy and hold strategy. 

I have been slowly building my way up for the last 7 years, purchasing a hold property every 3 years or so but am now looking to get things going on a much more frequent basis.

And like you I have learned my lessons by stepping in pitfalls and land-mines over the years and have made conscious effort to not repeat my mistakes and take my licks..

Even with all that, we occasionally have to remind the Brazilians that it is not normal to wander around the house in shorts and T-shirts in January and we would appreciated it if they donned a sweater rather than continually bumping the thermostat temporary override to 25C.Another suggestion when renting by the room is to rent furnished rooms - this drastically mitigates damages from the frequent moving in/out of furniture.