You have solid assets, but you feel like you should be managing larger apartments that require way more attention, more management, more upkeep, and more annoyance.

And the property managed by a "preferred property manager" instead of buying a turnkey property through a trusted provider and keeping everything under the same roof.Would love thoughts from fellow turnkey providers, lenders and investors.Is the trend going in the DIY direction nowadays more than prior years?

It's located in the high desert (White Hills AZ) and worth about $25k.

We now have a Flight Attendant managing the house for us and keeping it clean and organized.

Low priced houses, low quality tenants, low quality property managers, low quality contractors. 

Does STR self management make sense (from a tax offset for W2 income) without accelerated depreciation? 

To which I turn to the most trusted community in RE.Myself and two of my business partners are looking to start our journey in Real Estate development and am looking for some advice, we have experience in owning and managing rentals so none of that is new to us...just building the thing is.We are looking to start developing duplex homes across the Chicagoland Suburbs but cannot find the right person to talk to that can give us a clear idea of where to start.

I am a local broker and vacation rental manager here on the Island. 16 years here on the Island only.

I've used a real estate attorney a few times but he is located in Springfield, MO.

(at least that is where it is located on my windows computer)