Pull your tenant-landlord laws for your area and arm yourself with as much education as you can about being a first time landlord. 

In our experience, the #1 mistake landlords make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.

This is the heart of the reason housing isn't mroe affordable, that landlords bear these types of costs every day.You could probably find cheaper labor, especially to haul away the junk, but not easily as an out of state investor. 

As Landlords I'm curious to get your take on the below:-Which utilities (Electric, Water/Sewer, Trash, Internet) do you usually have your tenant pay in addition to base rent?

I was thinking if I can talk to my neighbor about sharing the cost (I, the landlord, personally provide labor and my neighbor provide material (e.g. fence pickets)).

Look, I will try to simplify this: We have 3 parties money; (a) the landlord investor, (b) the lender giving a mortgage for purchase money, and (c) the tenant paying for use. 

sounds like someone got a nasty gram.. we see this with the syndicators that are called out then threaten the investor who called them out.. or anyone else companing about a service only to have the company either threaten or tell them if you take this down or retract we will give you your money back.. kind of like landlords lying about how great their dead beat tenant is to just get them to move on to the next landlord. 

Know your responsibilities as a landlord instead of acquiescing to every request or complaint.

While I’m new to the business, I’m eager to learn, grow, and connect with local investors, landlords, and fellow real estate professionals.

It is called a landlord tenant account.