Pick a different website to troll.Now for the good stuff. 

Here's an example:If your goal is to purchase a buy and hold rental and manage it for a period of at least 5 years, then odds are you'd want to do all the stuff folks above are talking about: join a REIA, research the market, learn about land lording best practices,learn the land lord/tenant laws of the state in which you will invest. 

I would say one of the best tips is to not sweat the small stuff and get discouraged by some of the speed bumps that you'll hit.

Great stuff @Zac Maurais and congrats on the 8plex!

Kind of stuff sci-movies are made of!

@Hayden Smith Good stuff!

If a toilet is clogged and the plumber find that the tenant has put stuff down that toilet that clogged it, I charge the tenant for that repair. 

The last owner of my property did weird stuff like pout rainbow floodlights in the basement. these are big and get pretty hot fast so i bet they're very costly to run. im going to replace those with energy efficient LED lights. i figure if i can optimize where utilities are wasted and keep the bills down then rent will be on time.

Seems like a red flag to me, unless the tenant is very inexperienced with stuff like this and needs help setting it up.

I need your stuff out of there so I can clean it up and get a paying renter.