Any tips on working with Inspectors or general advice would be great.

I always get a chuckle out of new people who parrot the "financial independence" spiel, and how they are going to storm into their boss'  office and tell him what a loser he is, and storm out never to look back..

Any tips on effectively self managing or just better to pass on to property management if not in area?

Having been to many of their events and knowing how this works from the back offices and so on and so forth.what I  see  is just like any other slice of life.. some get it will do good.. others no chance they don't have the personality they don't have the drive and commitment.And or they think by reading BP or paying for a mentor is all they need to all of a sudden be a real estate rock star.and at the end of the day.. most gravitate to what you see here on BP  they realize this is a uber tough business with a lot of rejection.. and they will do what it takes to buy rentals. that's why this is predominantly a landlord site.. its the easiest to understand and the easiest to implement.. not that everyone who gets into land lording is successful because many fail at it ..

I have appraised all types of property-- vacant land, small/medium multi-family, large multi-family 200 to 1,000 units; student housing, new construction, hotels/motels, RV parks, office/industrial/retail, shopping centers, special use, etc.

The guy was extremely smart, and I received several great tips.

BUT a tip to start is to do comps analysis in the same way you do the numbers - note the design trends in your area... country farm houses will be different from Philly row houses and NYC apartments.

So to comfort him, we are planning to go to county office and add him in the deed.

Known as “Project Wild Cat” it appears Amazon will be building a 20 acre (Yes 20 acre) fulfillment center that will bring 2,000 jobs to the Old Pueblo.[2] Geico to Build New Corporate Office in Tucson- Geico’s regional office is staying in Tucson and they will be adding 700 new jobs.

NOT at the local office supply store.I would recommend looking for a local real estate or landlord association and seeing if their membership fee includes all the paperwork you need (in electronic form).