Install a kwikset smartkey landlord deadbolt (870 key control) and a passage handle.

Leaves a path of destruction where sellers are left hanging, and after a while even the investors are getting annoyed.Sometimes it's just a right of passage you have to go through.The only solution I know is to work alongside someone else who's done it.

I do recommend very strongly before you go buying the same list everyone else is buying and worry too much about dialers and the such that you take the very first right of passage that I believe every investor should take.DRIVING FOR DOLLARS.This is also probably one of the lowest cost of entry while also being one of the surest paths to success.Simply start going through the B and C areas of your town and start looking for signs of distress and abandonment.Look for the tall grass, homes that you can see right through at the windows, homes with no curtains and no furniture inside, damaged mailboxes, mailboxes with no doors, missing mailboxes, cars with expired tags which have obviously not been moved in quite awhile, etc…Once you have found 20-50 addresses, look them up on the county’s property appraiser.Here is a link to a site that will pull up the property appraiser, clerk of courts and tax collector for every county in the country. 

I'm not sure the important parts of Fair Housing compliance were in that passage. 

I feel like getting burned as a landlord is almost like a rite of passage.

Entry ways, passages, public halls and common areas may not be obstructed inany way, and may not be used for storage, recreation, congregation or play, or inany manner that might endanger any occupant, invitee or licensee of the building.3.

By definition an egress window must allow free passage through the window, when opened for a fire fighter fully equipped including with air tank. 

So that's what you are eligible for.Now, this is not your situation, but the new law does allow anyone who bought in 2025 and started operating an STR, even before passage of the bill, to get the full 100% bonus depreciation.

It’s a rite of passage.

Reflecting on the passage of over 30 years since the inception of my real estate career, the evolution from appraiser to investor and broker has been both adventuresome and deeply fulfilling.Over this three-decade span, I've not only navigated the complexities of property valuation but have also acquired numerous properties along the way, and have assisted countless individuals in achieving their real estate goals.