You could have hired a PM and been financially and mentally better off.

(I also had to come to CA for health reasons, so I am not sure if that is an exception) - You can use that reason to excuse the amount of time you lived in it. 

Our mental model is to have enough that someone arriving late could put together a bare bones meal for dinner and have the essentials for breakfast before they head out to get actual groceries. 

I book marginal candidates in between strong ones to create a scarcity mentality. 

Logically we keep telling ourselves, we have the experience to easily make the transition but mentally there's a big difference when dealing with 100's of thousands of dollars on a single fam / duplex and millions of dollars on a 20+ unit property.

Came up with a little mental "que" or montra if you will the other day while driving to help me through those tough mental days, and wanted to share...."

Hi Health, I am planning on self managing it.

The county health department may have ok'd it, but that doesn't mean whoever lives there isn't going to get cancer from it and sue you later for knowledge.

@Sofia De Santos Tavarez if you haven't already, have the property professionally inspected.This should catch MOST of the structural, health & code issues - but not all.

@Ryan Duphorn  a  5 /2  and 1920 square feet IMHO isn't a good health care traveler accommodation unless you are in a area with a shortage of housing.