We live in an area that has a lot of traveling medical/college interns so the three month sweet spot works well for us.

So you work with what they give you, which in my experience seems to be a sweet sweet person who doesn't know a single thing about real estate.

However, for Multi-family complexes it starts to break down for 1 simple reason.

That's a sweet deal.I've only bought a TV once for a tenant so far.

Again, I haven't needed this nor done this but it was a sweet way to win-win.

Apartment complexes are the natural progression for RE investors after they have earned respectable cash reserves.$100k is a pretty respectable amount to consider investing in an apartment complex( 12 to 25 units perhaps) which gives you lot more benefits with lesser work, due to economics of scale.But apartment complexes are a totally different ball-game compared to single family and requires a knowledge base considerably different to that of single-family knowledge base.Having said that, I know people with sizable cash reserves who jumped right into apartments without touching SF houses.Based on your post, I cannot advise you to invest in apartment complexes because it seems to me you need to get more experience/knowledge under your belt.

I purchased a small apartment complex in mansfield, Ohio.

If you're working with a really complex or convoluted situation, you might be better off saving your pennies until you need the help, and then just paying the higher fee for the right attorney when the time comes.

I would recommend getting a D&B report and trying to learn as much as you can about them and their history.Commercial leases, especially for NNN properties, tend to be more complex than those for residential or small commercial and can contain provisions that may seem obscure but that can have critical consequences (for example, a "kick-out" clause that allows a retail tenant to terminate a lease if it fails to meet certain revenue goals).

There are two things I forgot to mention; there is also a 6 unit apartment complex as well, and the purchase price is $2mThe Mobile Home Park is free and clear, whereas the SFR are under ~$800k of mortgages by various banks.