If a dishwasher is 15 years old and the tenant destroys it, you can't really charge them much because the appliance is beyond the life expectancy.To learn how to determine charges for cleaning and repairs, you can read my book in my signature, Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties, or NOLO's Every Landlord's Legal Guide.

The profit that you will make from real estate will be life changing, not the 10k or 50k a year for a couple of years.

The long-term moves are to get a concession to buy down the rate for good (not a 2-1 or 3-1 buy down), it's a smaller number (i.e. .25% or .5% decrease on the rate), and getting their full closing costs covered is money out of their pocket today they'll be saving that could be huge to give the buyer more money for repairs and/or furniture along with just life expenses. 

What is the point behind having paid off real estate, if you lose it later in life to oppressive taxes?

@Nathan Johnson "Our savings are minimal, since teaching isn't very lucrative and life is expensive."

I purchased my first rental property a month ago and I’ve learned more about real estate and home building in that one month than the rest of my life combined.

Real-life reps, to me, means seeing properties in person, whatever your asset class. 

They'll accept that and release your property, and your life goes on as normal with your new lender or leftover profit from the sale.

This is our first multifamily project and we have aligned ourselves with the talent and knowledge to help bring this to life. 

I'm totally fine using resources like books, online research, and AI, but I was looking for real-life, experienced individuals who could shed some real light.