Operating partner agrees to operate manage property (includes marketing, housekeeping ops, maintenence, accounting, etc etc).Open joint bank account.  

This includes examining the structural integrity, plumbing, electrical systems, roof condition, HVAC systems, and any other significant features.Title Search: Hire a title company or attorney to perform a title search on the property.

Your lease should cover the fact that they walked through and accepted the house - this includes the yard.also, regardless of the tree location you can take the straight line vertical and trim those branches in most locations - check with local HOA, building or code enforcement 

A complete setup for each location including washer, dryer, card readers, bluetooth hub, and installation was $5500.

Of course, I haven't include the taxes, the insurance, the property management, maintenance reserve, vacancy, etc.

I use Baselane's partner Rocket Lawyer to create the lease but I've used Keycheck and Avail before and they're all very similar.

HOA fee: included in the rent (ie rent level should reflect the HOA payment)Lawn care: depends.

Instead, investors need to develop their core 4 and create the company themselves.

Conventional will go off your income, maybe include some of the new rental income in your DTI. 

@Mark Dewey 1) not sure if Baltimore or Maryland require a specific lease to be used.If not, Google for a few and copy & paste to create your own.Reason - most Realtor leases are pretty "vanilla" and don't cover enough!