While cutting in is a chore, for dollars spent vs value received, I believe this is a huge bang for your buck.

Yes that sometimes means another service fee, but hopefully I find someone I can trust and use in the future, so the $$ is well spent. 

I didn't have any other properties available to move his family into, and he didn't have any money because he spent $4,000 on this fake rental.

I spent about 35K fixing it up and was all in about 50K with taxes and court costs etc. 

Any time spent on your properties will provide you with invaluable experience and understanding of the asset you own.As you scale, you will hire more and more work out but until then don't be afraid to get into your investments.The picture below was a long day managing a community park we are building in one of my mobile home park communities. $50,000 job done for less than $10,000.

I spent the weekend researching and posting a blog about it myself: Fixing Up A House for Sale in CA Requires New Disclosures.I’m curious about your thoughts.

In addition, I have spent weekends up there to learn about the different neighborhoods, etc. 

Quote from @Manuel Llanas: I believe we are both on the same boat, in terms of equity and being new.

The quick numbers are:PP: 81Rehab: 112 (~25 spent so far)ARV: 245-255The house is in rougher shape that we could tell when purchasing (it was a hoarder house with like 3 feet of stuff through the whole thing).

I'm talking about the open-ended interactions, not situations where you've specifically spent your time for an individual.