Then after weeks of no return calls to the brokers or lawyers, they come back stating that they have reservations about the properties not being maintained (which of course is false) and that there is a leak on the property (that was fixed, they inspected) that they still don't believe was the cause of the water leak....even though the plumber told them so and showed the videos. 

Shoot me a message, happy to chat and help you get up to speed.

I ended up purchasing a property in Middletown OH on November 1, I've attached a video of it here.

I've read quite a few books and have watched and listened to countless hours of podcasts and videos over the past couple of months, trying to immerse myself and soak up as much RE investment information as possible.

You also have to pay for the standard Taxes and Insurance, but with a STR utilities are in your name, Internet, likely some type of video service (Netflix, Hulu, Sling).  

We'd love to chat about it.

Crime was way more than it was shown in city database as most of the things were never reported.Actual rent collection was only $4200 by 18 tenantsPark had very bad repo in area (Which was known to us)What we did after buying:Worked on road (new milling road), removed extra trees, cleaned 40-50 dumpster of trash.Worked with city development agencies to remove bad tenants via evictions or stationed police officers on weekend to deteriorate drug traffic, incentivized good tenants to provide us video /call cops with videos so that cops visits are frequent.Removed bad homes and brought in 7-8 newer homes from other parks.Repaired around 19 houses in last 18 months and brought up average rent $680 per home.

@Yutaka Tso I sent you a link to a video that I found very helpful.

My wife and I just did a VA loan house hack in San Diego, so I'm happy to chat more with you about that if you want. 

I house hacked my first 3 properties so I'd be happy to chat with you about that.