For larger buildings with financing, it's worth the administrative burden and the potential for higher churn, just for the sake of preserving occupancy. 

I’m really hoping the new administration can get Freddie and Fannie privatized.

Servicing tasks can be outsourced to administrative assistance and new agents.If you have trouble with time management make this a daily habit.

Good Morning,I am a former Claims Specialist with the Social Security Administration and currently unemployed homeowner who is looking for guidance on how to gain property management experience here in the Central Coast of California.My wife is the only one working at the moment, so times are tough to say the least.We're looking to rent out a portion of our home in order to save up enough money to purchase our second home (or multi-family unit), rent that out, and begin to expand our portfolio. 

Crime and drugs still an issue, but getting quality tenants has not been a challenge... so far so good.

I was feeling unhappy with my initial coach so I wrote to the administrator of the course and asked for a new instructor.

What should I expect in terms of timelines, paperwork, or other administrative hurdles?

You have the usual causes like drugs/alcohol problems, mental illness and then you have the working poor who remain homeless.

I have a good FT job in education administration, but I want to retire asap, focusing on RE (so, not really retiring, but you get the idea).

You will have tenets who destroy your place, use it as a trap house or drug den and will accuse you of being a slumlord no matter what.