As for the extra maintenance and such, you can get regular lawn maintenance for $100-150/mo.

If you get with the right company ie. one that regularly works with investors.

HUD also supplies a Property Condition Report with their listings, but I would not rely on it exclusively.

You'll have to head out to the OC for the closest ones that meet regularly but there are several great ones there.

Some great REIA's around STL and can never beat the limitless supply of content BP provides.

The home is put up for sale for like 6 days for $1 and if no one government entity bids on it goes back to a regular listing.

When I bought the property almost a year later, they were still having to finish collecting the deposit, and on top of that they allowed one of the tenants to pay late (like 15 days) regularly and had even verbally agred to allow pets in on unit, in violation of lease (needed to be in writing).

These are such things like (electric and water bill payments, phone bill payments, unreported car payments, insurance payments, various rental payments,and other bills you pay on a regular basis...) if this is true, where will I start with trying to get my monthly bills added to my credit report?

Purchase inexpensive homes $5000-$20000 (I have an inexhaustible supply of these kind of homes they are not junk they are totally livable and not in need of repairs.

You also need a mirror or medicine cabinet, faucet, drain, p-trap, supply lines, new shutoff valves and who knows what other fittings.