For the ongoing/routine items, I'm less sure - though have a pretty good idea of some routine stuff, like lawn mowing, other things feel like a complete guess, like how many plumbing calls will I'll need per year per unit? 

You could always lean on a local real estate agent to handle your rental units for you if you do not want the responsibility, or if you feel you're not experienced enough at the moment. 

Your target area can be as large as a state or as small as a neighborhood. 3.One of the greatest benefits of websites that generate motivated seller leads…it is very inexpensive to generate leads.4.Another great benefit of generating motivated seller leads from a website; some times you are the only person the motivated seller contacts to receive an offer on their house.

That code section states:(1) “Prospective owner-occupant” means a natural person who presents to the trustee an affidavit or declaration, pursuant to Section 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, that:(A) They will occupy the property as their primary residence within 60 days of the trustee's deed being recorded.

I feel stuck because I want to get into real estate but I really dislike my job.

Feel free to reach out if you have questions about specific neighborhoods.

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Do not allow the seller to return for personal belongings after the close without some type of documentation on when they would have everything removed.

I feel like telling them we are going to $1,800, and note in the lease that the rent it will increase $100 each year after that?

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