We live in an area where there are black widows and other undesirable spiders, so we have a pest service come every single time someone moves out; however, if a unit is empty for a time, black widows move back in and must be exterminated before a tenant moves in, so we do an inspection of every unit before someone moves in to make sure it's ready to go.

I'm a huge book wonk, and enjoy swimming, the outdoors in general, home brewing, travel, and cooking/bbq.My goals, to start, at least:Never stop learningNetwork - Partner - Develop relationships in the areaIncome - Income - IncomeDeveloping systems and working on time managementRehab jobs on the side to add to the ability to produce #3"Retire" from my day job by 40I'm also quite interested in personal finance topics, as well as harnessing the power of technology and data to make quick decisions; although I generally abhor black boxes.

I am very interested in learning more about the Michigan market.I also like that it still possesses a stigma with most investors as that will give other "black sheep" (like myself haha) more time to purchase cheap.Thanks for reading.

I'd recommend getting to the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (Every other month with the next one in Sep), great meeting and pretty close for you.  

This may limit your growth rate in the short term when the market is strong, but will save you when the market is soft.Generally engineers have sound personal finance since they have decent, steady, well paid jobs and not extravagant spending/tastes (except maybe when it comes to technology)Possible Disadvantages:You will tend to over analyze everything and want to understand every minute detail before taking any actionYou may want or expect things to be "black and white" and have trouble operating with ambiguity and in the "grey area".

Is there a risk that a reserve fund is a financial black hole?

I was given great advice by an amazing landlord once - Tenant screening should be very black and white. 

You can easily get overwhelmed from all the information so make sure to take action.I would highly recommend you visit the Black Diamond networking event in Worcester.

He also spoke at Black Diamond a few months ago, without selling, and everyone loved him.  

I think when someone (like myself) stumbles on the SAFE act and how it could potentially affect a RE deal they're looking for a black or white answer.