So it checks out.Having paid off 50 paid off car loans may be tripping you up here, both in terms of what's plainly written below, as well as the car loans having more 'weight' than other factors, just because there are so many of them.https://www.myfico.com/credit-..."

For one of our trips, we rented a Uhaul van and another trip tried Turo for the first time.

Travel expense for such a trip would be part of my annual budget for an out-of-state rental.

The last thing you need is a trip and fall incident before the lease starts.

While you will not be traveling to your properties every month, I would imagine you will be making one or two trips per year to meet with your PM and get eyes on your property.  

Treat it like a vacation/business trip.

Our agent cut her trip short and called to see what were up to . . . . and my wife mentioned the other property we saw today.

Lawn, trees, shrubs, driveway oil spot removal, repaint exterior, etc..When the inspection report comes back, I'd rank things according to "Must do now", ie leaky roof, concrete walkways heaved up--trip hazards, bad water heater, etc..I'd get some bids on these items (and ask about financing them if needed).Then get them done.The next items on the list would be looking at each apartment make a punch list of what needs to be done to turn the units for the next set of renters, carpets, LVP, paint walls, ceilings trim, etc...Then see what workers and material are available, and if one apartment can be done quickly and the other takes a long time, do the quick one and rent it out while waiting on supplies or workers for the second one.

Not sure of the demand for that local investor assistance, but I could just offer to do it for free as a favor to start out - which would give me additional exposure and experience beyond the work i'm doing for my own renovations then eventually move to a nominal fee for my time and mileage/trip fee.....very interesting, thanks again!

Well, I had a couple just leave one of my places and she left a review saying "wonderful house, so cute and great location, but it is not suitable for young children". When I went to clean it today, it was one of our ...