What communication, if any, is allowed between me and the tenantDocumentationHow are documents organized and stored regarding the properties and leases?

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Look at stores for Garage floor Epoxy.  

TEC is another good mfr and is in the big box stores. http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/media/60712309/tile-waterproofing-wp135_5-16.pdfMain site:http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/reference-library/white-papers.aspx

The might have insight to the shades that aren't super loud and overpowering versus what you think might work best.As a general rule, I find that right color on the wall is usually 3-5 shades lighter than the color swatch I like in the store.

They have a restaurant, convenience store, and other additional amenities to help boost their revenues. 

Also you can find crews at the local hardware stores, a lot of times the owners know the crews that have been around and seem to know what they are doing.  

This is how we handle it.SFR tenant handles it all if there is a garage or shed on the property to store a mower.2-4 units we handle the lawn, tenants handle the snow.Out here in Cleveland owners can be fined for the lawn but not for a snowy drive or sidewalk.

The whole point of having a basement was so I could store my stuff and let the dogs have their own space.

I will quote a well written article on mbna which explains balance transfers, which are certainly the needed item to counter the end of the 0% interest period - "A balance transfer is where part or all of the debit balance (or debt) you owe to another lender is transferred from one credit or store card to another, usually to save on interest repayments.A balance transfer credit card can be a good way to keep track of your balance and payments with everything in one place.If you’ve recently compared credit cards and discovered one that charges you less interest, transferring debt from one credit card to the other could save you money.