It ended up taking us 5 weeks longerWe learnt how to fix walls, toilets, install flooring, painting etc.

or at the last minute install the crazy options and some underwriter stops the deal at the 11th hour, and your stuck with there custom creation.  

I usually don't have extra sheet rock laying around, so I go to Home Depot or any hardware store and by a metal mesh patch. 

I want to buy a metal or scrap yard. 

If it might be used for vacation rentals I would think you will need to have A/C installed.

This allows you to be hands on and learn so that later on you know what to expect and don't pay a plumber $500 to install a toilet LOL.Questions to consider (some may factor into your leveraging);Do you have any experience in buy and hold?

I'm a newbie, and very interested in IoT installations in my properties.  

The only thing I am hesitant about is that across the street, there is a property with a weird construction: a garage with a huge (metal) roof, which could be visually disturbing for some people.

We'll be installing those tonight and also getting our contractor to install one in our other rented property when he is there tomorrow doing other work.We also had an issue with the dryer vent being clogged in the first property (reported to us by the tenant) and we're having that taken care of tomorrow. 

The prime easy target are the brand new appliances you just installed.