Hi Yooni,I’ve been self-managing my 12 Detroit doors for the last 2.5 years, and while I’ve made it work, it’s been far from easy.

As a MF agent who spends a large amount of time calling apartment owners (or rather, numbers purporting to be apartment owners), please believe me that reaching out to random run down buildings owners is unlikely to get you any deals.

Here’s what I’ve seen work well:Furniture Purchase:If the furniture fits the vibe you’re going for and is in good shape, buying it can definitely help you hit the ground running.

Short story, landlords tend to run away from QB, not towards it.You might give other software designed for landlords a try before moving back to QB. 

Investment Info:Office Space commercial investment investment. 100's of completed projects, JC Beal Construction is nearly 100 years in business, Beal Properties manages well over 2000 doors all throughout Michigan and the Toledo, OH area.

Hello @Alyssa Dinson,The adage, "Live where you like, but invest where you can make money," is true and remote investing works, if you have an experienced investment team.We’ve run an investor services business in Las Vegas for over 17 years.

Do managers that advertise 8% only do 8% when there's a bundle of doors to manage?

Fun running into something I would have never thought of.  

I had to replace doors, carpets, repaint.

Thought about if I did scale to say 100-200 doors that I would hire another company to audit the current PM on how they're handling my properties.