That's the Heinz motto, and it serves us well as landlords too. 

i am confident i can manage the relatively small amount of requests, and have heard some good things about apps and software that are a "one stop shop" for landlords that allow payment, leases, and repair requests. i have one out of state rental property with a plethora of options for handymen and contractors around. i have been paying a property management company 8% plus all of their inflated costs of repairs and fees and with insurance going up it has really opened my eyes to my margins not as healthy as i would like.do you have a certain product you have used or use or would recommend?

What actions and/or credentials make a landlord an active property manager to deem rental income/loss active in CA?

It's not landlord friendly. 

Welcome to BP - house hacking / mid term rentals are great strategies esp starting out, I think you are right on with initial gameplan (Oregon can be challenging for landlords though so good that you are open to other markets)

A lot of these numbers of what I have pulled from the real estate listing, and inquiring on property management/landlord insurance rates.I am not looking to make a fortune overnight and realize this would be a slow return on investment/passive income.

But you could say something along the lines of this in your lease;"If the monthly gas bill exceeds $X or the water bill exceeds $Y, the tenant will reimburse the landlord for the difference as an additional charge."

The fee for tenants to pay through ACH to the landlords Baselane bank account is $0.

i guess you could call them, like a newborn, kid college fees something of that nature.I made the mistake of not looking into that before i bought my duplex, because don't forget that with homeownership/landlord comes recurring expenses on that property,and you're life surprise expenses somehow never stop coming lol, so i'd make sure to put money aside for that and not sacrifice it for the sake of profit.

Hi Sarah, i went to petscreening.com but it seems to only apply for property management companies, I'm a small individual landlord, do you know what proof i can ask from tenants?