We have a rental in Mi and rented to a couple who were not married.

I try reaching out every couple months.

You can setup an LLC in the future easily if plans change.My general advice starting out with your first couple properties is that do not need an LLC.

Before I had my list of steady contractors I used a couple of those guys to provide quotes.

@Jennifer Brown Only a couple of deals a year.  

I've also talked to a couple other lenders (including a hard money lender) in regards to another property and all they need is for me to fill out their online application to get the pre-approval.

These people will probably be renting apartment for a couple of years while they get their lives back on track, so maybe its a good time to buy multi-family homes in neighboring cities. 

Hopefully they will renew again, but if not, it wouldn't kill me to scale back the rent a few hundred bucks for a couple of years.

Get a couple of quotes so you don't over pay.

I have a couple of questions.