The guests interviewed, cover just about every single niche in the real estate industry.

Tenants are usually more conservative with the utilities when they have to pay. 

Often times in the flip world or even buy and hold you may utilize some "handyman services" to handle items on the list.

He is the best in the industry.

There are also contractual things that can be done (discuss with an attorney who is knowledgeable in your industry) such as hold harmless, requirements that if they hire a sub that the sub must also meet any requirements for the insurance, etc.

I gave up -everyone has mine-utilities, credit card companies, NSA, IRS, bank employees, property managers, landlords, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, car dealers, airlines, DMV, apple, Samsung, etc. really think it’s safe?

Ideally, we could find a brick industrial type building where we could rent the ground level commercially for about the PITI, and live close to rent free above in a loft like space.

Uber and Lyft fought the taxi cab industry and up-ended that industry. 

Being licensed means taking on a legal duty that limits one's ability to take certain actions other investors can take.I know people who became licensed stock brokers but never got a job in the industry.

You meet a lot of great industry professionals and learn a ton by proxy.