I found the dishwasher was leaking, so I pulled the dishwasher out, pulled the part off, showed them the part number and even sent them a link to the part ($30).A few weeks goes by and again they called and said the floor was still wet and that they fixed the dishwasher! 

When I buy a SFH, I budget some $ to fix up the houses to make it nice, and attract quality tenants.How to Estimate Future CapEx Expenses on a Rental PropertyRental Property Investing Made Simple

The average Fix & Flip in the USA takes 6 months from purchase to closing the sale after the flip.

If you use almost all of your money to buy a property and the next months you don't have renters and something needs to be fixed, you will end up setting yourself back instead of getting ahead.

Can you afford to fix the roof, the A/C, etc? 

This week is mid-year market stats and I'll have a few on fix and flips in our market as well.

Open the wall at the source of the problem and fix the problem.

just fIx it so this can’t happen

So I’ve thought of this and to use a first time buyer loan, do some renovations and build equity and then sell after a couple years using a 30 year fixed rate instead of 15 since it won’t be a forever home.

Replace the roof, fix carport posts, replace screens, that sort of thing.