Thank you so much for that tip, that was super helpful as a solid piece of Info rather than my own personal assumption.

Anyone have any advice or tips on doing so.

Property management charged me about 10k for no value added repairs and other mismanagement items.Please provide me tips what I can do if tenant continues to not pay.

Lastly, you might benefit from reading this: Tips for Avoiding a Scam on BiggerPockets. 

Any tips/pointers are welcome.

@Prashanth Mahakali & @Samuel Pavlovcik might have some other tips too.Also, I completely agree $2500 is not enough of a credit. 

Looking for some good tips for picking a tenant pre/post Covid if there are any differences at all.

Pro-Tips on how to Scale Your Real Estate Portfolio. 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgages:By using a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage, you will be able to pay lower interest rates on your property which can offer you more opportunity to reinvest your money.

After that fire the property was extensively rehabbed, including new roof, new plumbing, complete rewiring including service line. insurance rates were not affected and policy was renewed.In April 2020 there was another fire (in the attic at eave) that was determined by investigating electrical engineers from Ins Co to be caused by an over-tight wire staple from the 2017 rehab.

If I go through the city and get a proper one, I'm told that they may not give it on a smaller lot like mine (I will investigate) and also I may be opening a can of worms since the GH was built here decades ago.