They have called the police on guests (in the middle of the day, for parking over a sidewalk in the driveway, for noise when guests were playing dominoes by the pool and on and on)…one neighbor yelled obscenities at my guests (in front of children), saying, “We don’t want tourists!” 

- Who carries the personal guarantee on the debt?

Philadelphia can be a very profitable market but it’s also a city that can eat investors alive who rely on bad advice.

You do not need to wait to cash out on the new value as long as you have documented rehab work.

This can be complicated, especially if some unit owners are underwater on their mortgages.

Then that person sells the property to someone else and slaps a second on it. 

I'm about to rent out my first property and would love a recommendation on an app to use to screen applicants, submit maintenance requests, and receive rent. 

Then you have to understand MOTIVATED seller leads generation.Once you do, you will soon realize that it is not possible to target motivated sellers.Anything based on a list is not even random, it is worse than random.Fact 1:I rank #1 on Google for my market and thus I get a ton of organic actually and truly motivated seller leads.I rarely get foreclosures, absentee owners, probates, tax liens, divorces etc.

Agreed on what others said.

Even on the forums I spell out the most common acronyms, like STR or LTR.