For me the upside has far exceeded the downside, but it's by design, not by accident.

So this paperwork is designed to protect you when that happens.

You have to balance how much commission you will make versus selling price and staging finishes expected.Staging will not really eliminate eyesores from outdated designs and construction.

I don’t understand why landlords want to use these simple money transfer apps when there are numerous free to use apps specifically intended and designed for rent collection.

Depending on how you are using the cashflow from the properties, you may want to be less concentrated by spreading your investments over more properties and geographies giving you a broader exposure and limiting the chances of rent interruptions placing strain on cashflow giving spillover effects to however that cashflow is being utilized.Considering the external factors which we'll never be able to control - macro economic trends, regulatory, taxation, etc vs the internal factors - budgeting for r&m, capex, ensuring quality tenants, etc - my personal philosophy is to be more diversified through lower value assets which have less marginal impact when one gets rent interrupted rather than concentrate on assets with higher valuations but give potentially more external factor risk.

Good Resourceshttps://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-plans-faqs-regarding-iras-investmentshttps://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-sponsor/types-of-retirement-planshttps://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/roth-irashttps://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/rollover-to-a-roth-ira-or-a-designated-roth-account

It's tedious because those systems aren't designed for that, and calendars aren't always accurate (and don't show any history of booked days), but it's the best you're going to get at this point, I think - unless you can get an owner to talk to you!  

And why you think it makes sense to expand into so many countries vs. build a concentration in one other country let's say. 

(a) On the day and time designated for a tax lien auction, the tax collecting official shall proceed to auction all tax liens described in the tax lien auction list compiled as provided in Section 40-10-183, except those for which the taxes, penalties, interest, fees, and costs thereon have been paid .

I might just add for further thinking, that once you get through site ident/acquisition, zoning, politics, initial design, then you'll want to run a proforma to make sure your deal pencils.