Try to take care of your necessary electrical work before you get to your marketing period.

I will graduate with my BS in Electrical Engineering in May 2025.

so much private land has been logged and replanted since then.. in those days we would buy a 40 lets say for 150k  take 200k of timber off of it then sell the land on contract for same price then hypothicate the note to pull out more cash rinse repeat.. we also would use our logging roads and staging areas stratigically so when we left the roads were in the right place to do a 4 way lot split and the landings/stagging areas became the building pads.. in the NW permits for logging are not tough.. in those days it was over the counter and there was nothing you needed to do with regard to excavation.. however if I just bought the land and wanted to put in roads and pads then I would have had to get a grading permit and all the survey and engineering that went with it.. its was really something how we did that.. and I miss it to this day.. the other item that made it so profitable was Japan was paying premium for Export quality doug fir logs.. you could get double or more for export logs.

I do not have a sheet but I typically budget $150 for lawn, $150 for pool if applicable, $100 for cable, $100 for water, $300 a month for electric (depending on property size and your local utility costs), $50 for pest control, and another $200 per month in misc. 

Do make sure that they need an architects stamp and not an engineers (most small projects an architects stamp is fine- but an engineer can be less expensive).

The downstairs tenants are a young couple, one works about 30 minutes away and the other goes to school as an engineer.

Hey @Devin Bost, I would highly recommend a few things to help with this. 1) Have systems and processes lined out for any emergency you can think of.2) A spreadsheet of subcontractors/ vendors that could handle the situation that arises (plumbing leak, electric out somewhere, etc.)3) Your cleaning team and handy person should be utilized for some things.4) Something like Breezeway can give you 24/7 support around your property with a dedicated phone number line.

I am looking to start Real Estate(primarily focused on House Hacking and SFH if it goes well) as an engineer after graduating.

"Dusk-to-Dawn" electric eyes and timers can be helpful, but don't replace personal surveillance. 

One great example is framing crew comes in....frames up the house, plumbing and electrical crew comes in and does their thing....leaves all their 1/2 finished cokes, Gatorade and beer cans and 1/2 eaten lunches sitting on the framing.