[header] How to earn residual income [title] Learn about the work involved. [step] Being a landlord isn't as simple as just collecting rent checks every month. There's a lot of time, work, and money involved in maintaining the property and meeting the tenants' needs. 
[substeps] It's best if you're a handy person with hands-on experience making repairs, doing yard work, and working on basic plumbing repairs/maintenance. If you can't perform work yourself, you'll have to pay someone else to do it.