That is all about your experience, skillset, and appetite for risk, as well as the quality of your renovations.

I ended taking over the listing and screening tenants on my own through Zillow.

Move on and try to screen better next time.

And, there is every possibility that I am able to assume quality debt if I am a low-leverage purchaser.

If you screen your tenants well you'll rarely even need to know any of this.

I get quicker responses, guidance, relationship building, more trust, and overall feel like their quality is a lot better in terms of inventory/customer service.

To answer the title of your post, selling fsbo can be a good idea if:- you have experience selling RE- you price the home to sell- you have systems in place to collect inquiries and facilitate showings i.e. call center/email/google forms for screening inquiries, showing agent, lockbox, security alarm, etc. - you have dozens of local agents who can market the property for you and bring you a buyer- you are listing in a desirable area with low-inventory - you are not in a rush to sell

I screen animals and then assign a score to determine how much to charge.

The reason i like working with Mark (along with the quality of what he puts out, which is better than most cost seg studies I have seen) is we have a great working relationship that we can readily discuss a client and their goals.

Current rents and building quality needs work, total rent income is around 5k/month, parcel is quite big 14k sqft.