You're messing with peoples lives and most times their largest investment and how you handle these situations can change their lives for better or worse, just remember that.D

When things function properly happy tenants that stay are what every landlord wants.

It's going to be a long list & it will change as a function of the type of finish or end use for the property. 

It's a two minute walk to the bus line, less than 10 minute drive to downtown, 3 major highways, and is snug between the two largest hospitals in the area.

What are the largest cost differences that you've noticed?

Not to mention just to make the project go quicker I refinished a 3 seasons room myself , fixed a patch on the roof, installed and painted front door, replaced French doors with sliding door, did some demo work in kitchen in bath, installed hardware on doors all things that were included in the scope of work ( he did a poor job estimating the price for renovation and I think was shocked when I wanted certain things fixed that I figured were common sense such as a non-functioning French door leading to the 3 seasons room).

Non functional essential lighting (e.g outdoor fixture doesn't work), floors that are trip hazards are good examples for this.

The largest reason for putting properties into an LLC is asset protection. 

Most investors are already going to be a member of that REIA so you to should consider joining since it is one of the largest REIAs in the country.

Then one of our largest mid-level employers dumped 100 positions last year which hit pretty hard.