When you start at the bottom a 6% return for a nice double with a new roof, and updated mechanics is a win. 

I year workmanship, 2 year on mechanicals like appliances, HVAC, plumbing and 10 year structural.

There can be other liens on the property including bank, IRS, HOA, utilities and mechanics.

Knowledge of mechanical systems or roofing isn't gender specific. 4.

While I had tenants like auto mechanics and restaurant servers paid in cash and had to go through with them how they'll pay me, never had the thought that I have issues with police officers paid via checks, nowadays by direct deposit.

It needs to be mechanical because you don’t want it to stop functioning from a dead battery and you want it to be robust because you don’t want someone beating or picking out the rubber numbers with a screw driver and mess up your lockI would recommend looking at Simplex locks, DOD uses them on a lot of government buildings for these same reasons and we also use them for our multi family properties for common access … a bit pricey but they will take a beating, worth the look.

Anything much higher than 50% is generally a red flag to me, though.Your best defense mechanisms are 1) Pick a contractor who is reputable, licensed, and comes with good references.

The device must feature a self-release mechanism located at least 54 inches above the floor.6.

I see your point---you might let your mechanic check under the hood of your Porshe, but would understandable shy away from the notion of letting him do open heart surgery on you.

The property I obtained is pretty tired  (thats gonna keep me busy for a while)  but all tenants therein seem to be decent people and have various decent,  blue collar jobs like EMT,  Nurse, Mechanic,  Educator,  etc.