Sure homes are a tad cheaper in the suburbs but I now have to maintain a car or two, so car payments plus insurance, so then let’s add that cost.

This will guarantee less issues, positive reviews, and no stress in having to fix, maintain or repair the property during the busy winter Holiday season.

For future readers....I am abandoning this after today, but maintaining a de minimis pre-marital separate property would allow the income to be characterized as "separate" and later be converted to community. 

The physical work part involves cleaning out units after people leave (and leave trash), mowing the grass, maintaining the fence and security cameras if you have them, over-locking unpaid units, conducting auctions to enforce your lien. 

My ultimate goal is to passively maintain rental properties through retirement, which I understand will take a serious amount of work for decades.

. #3 Incentives to Maintain the Property: Another advantage of the Section 8 program is that it requires tenants to take care of the rental property.

Could you and the seller form an LLC with the seller maintaining 20% ownership in the property.  

The case record contains the name and contact info of the personal representative or administer of the estate.Some counties maintain full case information online- others you will need to physically visit the court house to access the file.

Biggest struggle for my as a Landlord is getting the best tenants I can possibly get that will take care and treat my properties as if it's their own....I really strive to get tenants that treat the property with respect and really care about it VS. just a tenant who treats it as a rental and has no pride of ownership...Keeping the property in great shape clean, maintaining it, Etc. is worth more than a few extra bucks a month in rent.This really helps when it comes to the appreciation factor.

I've done that before and it just turns into a maintenance issue because somebody has to maintain that big property and cut the grass and keeping it looking good.