Ours are more like soft corrections. 

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Travis, you’re absolutely correct, and I truly appreciate your insight.

Learning how to use the correct tools and materials for a job, YouTube videos and even ChatGPT will help you get through 80% of the problems you will run into.My rule was I would not mess with HVAC, plumbing and electrical Or if it would take more than a few hours. 

He is correct that a single ADU in a single family zoned area is unlikely to return as much as the hands off cost and is one of many reasons that adding a single ADU in most single family areas is not a good re investment.  

As others correctly noted, as a landlord you must look at the big picture and if this happens to be a good tenant who has occupied the unit for a while, has a history of timely payments and has expressed interest in remaining at the property the value in an extension (assuming that is advantageous to you as the landlord) should be placed above your desire to collect rent in a certain method if this particularly tenant has strong desires to make their payments in a different manner....especially if the lease they signed allowed a different payment method.

Having said that I do use a CPA to help make sure I am doing everything correct and they prepare my taxes. 

This is not correct. 

Go to a couple of real estate investor meetups and make connections.

Please feel free to direct message me if you live in the El Paso area and/or would simply like to connect, thanks!