My name is Karina and currently a newbie trying to learn more about real estate investing. 

Financial goals: Our current jobs provide for high-income but not a lot of time for active real-estate investing, so our strategy is long-term buy-and-hold with less headache properties.

https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/property-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-the-homestead-exemption/

Everyone assumes it's easy...but a real painter will absolutely deliver a far superior product to what any homeowner can do.

Your property management company should be doing this, but if you don't trust them, give them a call and let them know you are hiring an attorney to do it. your PM should have started the process as soon as they were late on their rent.

I got in to real estate investing because of my passion for investing and project management.

My 10 year goal is to build at least $20,000 a month in passive income in order achieve some financial freedom, but I also see real estate investing as my true passion post military.

There is "No rebuttal" to this question trust me I have seen a hundred scenarios over my 18+ years in the mortgage banking world.

Welcome to BiggerPockets community and best of luck on your real estate investing journey!

I certainly would not trust the average resi buyer to just pay .. simply becasue they are not wired that way everyone knows real estate is run on commish.. so like i said curious how you do this..