It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris and/or Morris Invest for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

The danger is that the tax man may say baloney.

Their portal also has a very clear monthly financial statement making it a breeze during tax time with my accountant.Further, for any maintenance items over $250 they typically get 3 bids for me, so it mitigates maintenance costs.

There may be an issue with your water line in, that’s being mitigated by your hot water heater.

If you want to maximize ROI, keep as little of your money out of the deal, scale rapidly, and have done your risk mitigation; nothing wrong with working with a lender. 

I also may be able to mitigate snow removal/lawn and the maid, that is just an idea right now, we do not currently have those services.

While that's not a lot of time, there are a couple of things you can do to mitigate that.1.

Also, you must run all of this by an attorney, you could be walking a dangerously think line with the SEC. 

Quoted us for $10,953 for water mitigation, sump pump, and carbon fiber straps.

What you are trying to do is mitigate your costs on your primary residence, not achieve an actual return since there's no real return because you live in the house.