We found out too late (after the elevator broke down) that there was a time window to have an engineer review the construction and an accountant go over all books.

I broke even on the rent each month but now the property appreciated $175,000 in value and $500 in rent in the past year so if you look back at it-it looks like I made a smart decision (when in truth, I was sweating bullets after closing) I was going to sell it bc SFR wasnt part of the plan but am keeping it now due to its current value and the mortgage rate was 2.6% fixed 30yrs.

Don't take half the rent from the girl and half from the guy.

If you are going out to dinner and taking this girl out dude pay her her fee. 

I bought a property where the guy was broke as a joke and needed some of his proceeds from closing in order to be able to move.

You just have to give zero f**** about what broke people think.

I started in REI with turnkeys and I've since worked with turnkey investors for the 11+ years since, and the absolute hands-down thing I've seen happen over and over is everyone takes a provider's word for everything (neighborhood class, pro forma numbers, quality of the PM, etc.) instead of putting their big boy (or girl) pants on and taking on the mindset of a non-turnkey investor, which is to dive into everything and verify it.

Really double down on that so that target audience sees you and is like, damn, this girl is the one we need.

Both hired girls to clean.

At some point, the girl moved out but we never received documentation from her asking to be removed from the lease.