Do brokers view that salesperson as an unnecessary liability?

Insurance is cheap ----------and totally unnecessary until the tenant burns the house down with a space heater, or a tree falls onto the house or lightning strikes. 

There is enough reserves to cover the mortage in the event of several missed rent payments and there is enough cashflow in the property that the account is continually building higher reserves despite the mismatched due dates.You are trying to create problems with your tenants by imposing non-standard due dates in my opinion.

Being licensed imposes some restrictions, but also gains you access to a large network.

And all will impose some type of bias to their advice.

*I will be doing some repairs (good will, some are "unnecessary" but I like to get things in order to keep a good tenant HAPPY, and to dissolve their concerns about a scary new owner)... so, after the repairs are completed, should I do another walk-through with them in order to have an updated move-in sheet?

I've seen a lot of 'custom' contracts with unnecessary and ridicules terms that only an uninformed seller with no counsel would agree to.

I respect the value of ones time and do not wish to impose upon them.

know your numbers first... market rate in a seller's market can put you at a lot of unnecessary risk if that's your basis for an investment.

Minimizing your living expenses by containing unnecessary spending is equally important as creating massive income if you want to be a full time investor.My passion in life is to help others improve their lives financially.