I took care of everything going forward as well.Comment above said seller financing is a pipe dream???

Let's be careful about generalizations.

I would price 2 of the rents as including lawn-care and offer the discounted 3rd rent to the one tenant who will be responsible for taking care of the lawn.

Hi Margarita-Great question.There are many mental blocks and friction points to buying your first property.First off, just buying property outside of a first or second home to use is not done by most people and buying your first home is a major purchase for most people.That means the people in our immediate sphere of influence are not thinking about buying investment property, they see it as risky and out of a sense of protecting you or themselves encourage you not to do it.I remember having the same mental blocks and fears you probably do thinking about buying your first property or first investment property.The most critical thing to overcoming these mental blocks is self education and surrounding yourself with the best team of people to help you.An investor friendly Realtor who can refer you to an investor friendly lender, title company or closing office, property inspector, property manager, and insurance agent.Real estate is relational and having the best team will keep you out of the weeds.To Your Success!

There are pros and cons with them and you have to be extra careful now because of HOA poor management, etc. 

Buy a couple rentals, quit your job and travel the world is not realistic (anymore).As a city we have a lot of problems with OOS investors who do not take care of their properties. 

Get  a good property management company with rehab capabilities to get numbers that pencil out for success. 

@Jacob AnstaettEncourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Hey @Sandrene Smart - there are a few companies out there that lend on EMD.

In my area the water company offers to forgive excess usage if it was caused by a leak.