Typical rates are 8-12% of income either monthly or yearly depending on manager.

I thought about becoming a home inspector or an appraiser, however I don't know if it would be wise for my investments and career to both depend on the housing market.

Fans help to dry it out, but it really depends on the amount of damage.Your tenant doesn't want to have to move out (which is fair enough, but it is not his property and long term damage is your problem). 

For now keep your money in brokerage account while you research this.. and choose carefully.

Depends on the area, but mine have proven to be very good.

John Erickson The reason HostAway doesn’t show pricing is because it’s flat rates per listing and gets lower depending on how many properties you add on.

Totally depends on the area of course.

The efficiency of a solar installation is dependent on many factors - location (or average daily sun hours), house orientation (15deg SSE ideally), roof inclination, shade obstructions (on the roof and/or around the house), consumption, components used, inverter or microinverters, hail resistance, warranty, utility payback vs net metering.

The answer is….it depends.

You might have to change your expectations of what you consider a "good deal" It also depends where you are in your real estate educational journey.