This will make your life easier.Happy Housing-Matt 

I believe that it was Zig Ziglar that said something like, You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Paint should generally be considered to have used its useful life after 5 years so no charge for painting.

First off I hope this dog poo vs a human turd laying on the floor but as they say it happens.  

I think people have shifted their focus on quality of life and finances.

WARNING, you NEED to do a title search first to make sure there isnt a 100k mortgage luring in the background, and you NEED to get them to move out BEFORE you pay any of their debts, or you might learn a painful lesson in human nature. 

This being said, I have already made it a goal in my life to retire young off real estate.

To Andrew's point, local lenders and agents are BEST, as they know the market, how RE is practiced in real life in that area, and have a personal relationship with agents and appraisers to benefit the transaction on either side.

I feel at this point in my life I get more excitement out of buying the next property than I would get just putting it into our savings or spending it on random junk. 

Welcome to the land lord life and congrats on getting started so young!