I just kept after her about investing in real estate and she finally caved. 6 months after the first deal, she was 100% on board and started pushing me to find the next house.

They leak, they warp, and you can push them open with one hand despite being locked.

Or Realtors will push a listing you have no business buying. 

Interest rates will be climbing back to historic levels and this in itself will push down the value of real estate.

We've yet to run into any major repairs that have had to be done, thankfully, they've typically been things we do ourselves on our quarterly walk-throughs for PM, or they've been convenience repairs like sanding and re-staining the decks and power washing the siding and sidewalks. 

If they push back, you have to accept other forms of payment but I suspect the overwhelming majority would just do it.

Mold appears to be limited to drywall in a couple areas (wall behind a shower that was leaking and has been repaired, wall behind the washing machine).If remediation is $5k for a small job (pulling that out of the air), I doubt seasoned flippers routinely have this professionally remediated, especially when simply tearing out drywall/replacing/wiping down with bleach after correcting the moisture problem is sufficient to correct it.

BEST way to figure out who to contract with and wash our hands of things is to shift the liability to title company or attorney

Pushing further up the hill on Newark Ave, area isn't as great, but it's changing. 

Some good tenants left because they got sick of paying huge utility bills, when other apartments included heat.If you pay water, make sure tenants are not washing cars or doing laundry for all their friends.