One year ago, I dedicated myself to lifelong health and wealth which resulted in successfully saving 25% of my income, my first stint in investing, a body transformation, and led me to recently read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. 

Ask the dumpster company how much weight comes "for free" with the dumpster, and what the cost per ton is for going over that weight. 

@Phillip Syrios - last year when we staged our personal residence, the staging company suggested the Limoncello wallflowers from Bath and Body works http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/p/limoncello-wallf...Very subtle but also light and clean smelling

Bulk up the porch columns to give them more weight.

I will tell you that those nerves are normal and it means you are thinking carefully about the decision and understand its weight. 

... also, regarding you getting a loan with this proposed purchase: the credit of the IRA account owner would not be of weight here, the loan must be non-recourse, the IRA account owner can not personally guarantee this loan. 

My specific question for experienced landlords is: Do you ignore or put less weight in medical collections as opposed to other types of collections?

Working hard labor is hell on your body, so injuries are common.

It might weight one location above another if it's already on your list of possibilities for other reasons, but it wouldn't be a determining factor in any way for me.Really, you can do real estate anywhere in some shape or form, so you can move where you want and figure out how to make real estate work there, or move where you want and figure out how to make real estate work for you "long distance".  

Flat roofs have other issues, they always eventually leak and can puddle up large bodies of water for mosquitoes to breed.