But my impression is that many landlords skip this, I was in fact asked point blank by maintenance management during the repairs process why I opened up this proverbial “can of worms.” 

If I use a RMLO service I assume they cover the Dodd Frank and other consumer rules?

Why pay rent when your landlord gives you free housing, free maintenance team, free mortgage, free electricity, free water, free trash?

Some of our clients in MN have several properties and live in another country, so it is possible.On the investment side, the deferred maintenance (roof, flooring) will eat away at your equity/appreciation; but, you have a property that cash flows.

The available Labor force will shrink dramatically and the cost of services will increase for landlord and other industries.

Aside from basic maintenance which is simple work, but hard and monotonous work, and keeping the asset positioned to fulfill it's highest and best use, there's nothing you have to do past a certain point to benefit from market appreciation.

You are not paying for their services and won't cost you anything extra anyways. 

I went to go to customer service and the whole website was gone and the company had disappeared taking my money and countless other people’s money with it.

@Hiyun Park only experienced investors can DIY everything in Class C Midwest areas like Detroit, Cleveland, St Louis, etc.Hopefully the info below will help you:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Of course, I am sure nobody would do that on this site since that would violate the terms of service!