Think of all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

Lately I have seen some really underperforming properties; but that one makes the bad ones look good!

I started relatively late in life, and I had to be more aggressive than I might have been otherwise (which is kind of laughable because know me as the slow conservative guy :P ) because I had lost time to make up for.

We may even wait until late winter/early spring.

Are you going to evict the tenant, tack late fees, take them to court?

And I'll pretend I didn't read #3 because it is late and I don't want heartburn thinking about regulators, codes, zoning, etc. 

@Adam Kuszczak most major metro cities will follow the same pattern...the "inner city" will be largely original housing stock...late 1800s to mid 1900's...developments typical radiate from the city center with age...so, 1950's through 1980's built properties are usually 3-5 miles from city center with the newest concentration of properties outside of interstate bypasses (usually forming a circle or partial circle around metro areas)...there is infill building and exceptions to these rules, but property age will be your #1 determining factor of where the properties you are targeting will be located.Building materials and methods of construction (along with codes) were very different from one decade to the next, but homes are surprisingly sturdy and most anything can be fixed.

If they play games, give them lease violations (like late fees, etc).

Recently, the inspector was over 20 minutes late, we had to pull our Team Member to a different property, and the government agent could not comprehend why we could not afford to have an agent camped at a property indefinitely.

Good Afternoon (sorry this is long but want to give a full picture)I bought my first house here in Denver Feb 2020, my budget wasn't huge so I have a 640sqft (2br1bath) single family with a large yard in a C class (assumed) but improving neighborhood.