I carry $500K landlord liability and rent protection in case of loss and mine are about $45 per SFH.

As a landlord, I have been thrown a few curve balls and learned as time passed.

the landlord shall disclose to the tenant in writing...the name and address of the person authroized to collect or receive rent and manage and maintain the premises, and who can readily be contacted by the tenant".Since I will be managing the properties myself (collecting cash), along with doing my own repairs...I do not want the tenants to know where I live!

If you mean income taxes, full time landlords don't pay them.

The successful investors are there to talk to other successful investors and to work together to keep the local government in check (keep them from passing local laws that are anti-landlord).

That's abig expense while no rent is coming in.Residential has clear landlord tenant laws.

My friends and I put down the sec. deposit for a house today and upon doing that, the landlord provided us with a copy of our lease we have yet to sign.

Then I read WHAT YOU DID.Is there possibly ANY part of landlord tenant law that you did NOT VIOLATE.

I've looked at numerous properties, including two last weekend with tenants in them.If you want specifics for the local situation, google for landlord/tenant laws, or tenant advocates, or similar terms, along with the town or state.But, I seriously doubt you can prevent showings or other access to the property.Note that you're not under any obligatation to clean the place spic-and-span like an owner who's trying to sell their house would.

Or call Tony Soprano to "handle" the situation.....Seriously, I was talking to an appraiser whom formerly was a landlord in a tough town here in CT.