Two biggest expenses were flooring (improvement) and interior painting (repair).  

This is definitely the biggest issue with our property.

The biggest take away is that they have all struggled and made mistakes along the way but persevered.  

The biggest flaw in my thinking that I struggle daily to change is the result of the intense training that schools gave us to trade time for money or, in other words, be an employee who makes money for other people. 

Lenders will tell you the biggest delay from borrowers is getting in all the correct documents (since they can't start underwriting). 

It stops them from calling you or your manager for frivolous maintenance.Depends on the landlord, but some people like to put in a specific amount of notice required before they move.Probably the biggest one is making sure the tenants responsible for tenant insurance in the lease.

One of biggest mistakes is to (talk yourself into buying a property) by manipulating the income and expenses for a rosy pro-forma.

I have never been a land lord before and the biggest risk I see is the transition period between my family moving and getting tenets moved into place as fast as possible.

I've been cruising the markets, visiting houses, and practicing pulling comparablesI have lots of goals, but my biggest medium term one is building my business to a point where I can quit one (or both) jobs to help keep it going.

The biggest issue is trying to streamline things so my MIL who is acting as agent for us doesn't have to deal with trying to meet up with them to get the rent etc.