I am a new investor, and I am mainly interested in buy and holds.

Holding debt is really the way to go.Oh, you really want to be a landlord, sell and take some of that capital to buy a rental property. 

Typically I am a flipper but have done buy and hold.

However, keep this in mind, the longer you hold a property, and the larger the percentage of equity grows in that property, the more money you are losing because that equity is buying less and less in property value per dollar of equity. 

Can they be relatively clean, do they have a somewhat regular schedule. 

I'm a General Contractor looking to netwoork In the greater Birmingham and metro Atlanta area I hold a License in both states.

I am really hoping not to go there and will do everything I can to try and work this out, but the girl decided to sign 2 leases for the same time period, and I am left holding the bag

So are you planning to buy flips or just buy and holds?

Lending income counts are regular income (fees, interest etc) (most of the time) When I started doing private lending that was a big regret I wish I did sooner

But spring and fall are good times to do regular inspections while doing maintenance.