I come to y'all today for any tips/tricks/advice/wisdom you have to offer to someone who's brand new to the game, from marketing my home for rent, to dealing with tenants, to legal things to look out for, the whole 9 yards!

To get to the front door you had to drive a truck through the yard; so I started clearing the yard & kept it on a scheduled service. 9 months in; I missed 1 bi-weekly lawn service and I got a citation.

I want to make residual income and if ever an opportunity presented itself to own some property, I would keep a lookout and that is when I discovered the mobile home for sale on the Yard Sale website!

We have also rehabbed the yard and plan on adding A/C.

Plenty of pro's still find good deals on the MLS @Robin Morales, it depends on what your criteria is or what's a good deal to you.If you are simply trying to buy a SFH at 70% ARV, be patient and prepared to invest a lot of time networking with wholesalers is another route.For the DIY approach - drive for dollars, look for yards with grass uncut, code violations from the city, or get a list from listsource or pull your own through PropertyRadar and start mailing or calling the owners.Good luck!

I do charge pet fees.  2) More difficult for tenant to maintain the yard as they will need to trim grass/branches around fence.  3) Potential future cost to upkeep fence.There seem to be more cons in my point of view, but the one pro is might outweigh them. 

All the signs in the yards and windows and on all the property management web sites are all advertisements for the following year and are typically up mid way through fall semester.

Also, are there any other expenses I should take into consideration for instance replacing the chain link fence with a privacy fence in the back yard?

Would adding something like a shed in the back of both yards help increase what I could charge a potential tenant?

For the concrete, we've got a back yard with a slab that's uneven and honestly looks like it needs broken up and completely re-poured.