I came across an online course professing that you don’t need to visit or live near the properties you manage.

Why would someone with years of experience hop onto an online forum just to mess with you?

Assuming tenants can place their maintanence request online, is that through your property management software (e.g.

Hi Cherilyn--I have done this:  Face to face visit (hopefully you feel safe or take someone with--if not a call). 

It’ll be helpful for you to study up on expense vs capital expenditures, and then read up on safe harbor allowances.

We have a PM and communicate wiht them. when we did not have one long ago we did not have any app or anything. we had them pay online or mail a check and put $ in quickbooks and if there was an issue they would call or email us.

Is office still underperforming or is now seen as a safe investment again?

If you need the extra funds then they're already factored into your numbers and if you don't need them then you're being even more profitable. 10% in contingency is typically a pretty safe number for this.4.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

If there is at least 20% of an equity cushion, I think you're safe using the methods described above to determine an appropriate sales price.