The only other move in charges that we have are for pets, remote controls, and some other odd items that come up.

Hopefully, your lease says the tenants cannot modify the property without your permission.Some of the other items could be ordinary maintenance requests or something you are just stuck with.

The new boiler, all associated work, and extra items were around 7500 including permits and inspection.

He wants to focus on large ticket items for property managers: roofs, turns, hvac replacement, whole house painting, things like that.

I'm a Radiographer In military manufacturing and put together a budget so within a couple of years I want to take the jump into owning a property and renting it out.

Might be a little lower than a purchase, but you will still be paying lender fees, title fees, escrow fees and prepaid items. 

Also, leaks cause damage to the drywall and other items.

Sometimes the HOA can cover capital expenses like roof and exterior, so that can help cash flow as well, but the HOA might increase the dues when they have to pay for capital items.

I'm sure there may be plenty of other metrics we are not taking into account here and if so, please let us know what other critical items we should be looking at!

Make sure the home has quality furniture and items that don’t fall apart in a few years.