The best way to maintain your property is to get the highest quality residents you can, even in lower end area's.

Would you still maintain that WP is the way to go?

Also buying and rehabbing sounds appealing, but again, very time intensive .I guess I'm looking for ideas and advice on more hands-off approaches to RE investing, that way I would still be able to maintain my current position until I'm committed to jumping in F/T and dedicate myself to a specific niche .Thanks for reading and I welcome all feedback .

All stairs and railings must be secureIf you own a rental building - The walkways, porches, lifts and other common areas have to be properly maintained to avoid tenant injury.I added a couple things there (I think my PHA copied the list off of a website), but the last point I would add is if there are things that don't work but you've left because they don't negatively impact a renter (such as an old wall heater, old smoke detectors, etc) pull  those out.

. - I have a checking account that I maintain just for the property, which currently contains $4,000.

Local resource to manage: getting the deadbeats out, sprucing up, advertising, showing, screening, moving in and maintaining good tenants.

We also serve a 10-day Notice to Comply to the terms of the rental agreement about their duty to maintain the utilities.

I try to maintain the dignity of my tenants while helping them understand that this is a business and "we" have to adhere to certain policies.

I'm as new as you so take what I say with a grain of inexperienced salt, but this seems like a good way to mitigate personal liability with the added benefits of maintaining tax advantages while also putting numbers on the books of the LLC.

It’s your responsibility, as a property owner, to maintain your property in such a manner that you do not interfere with your neighbor’s use and enjoyment of his property.