Your comments have been rude, condescending and ridiculously confrontational.

This eliminated nearly all of our profit, a simple mistake we should have caught on the front end.Mistake #4: We assumed the contractor was reasonable and not confrontational--After we fired the contractor, we hired out the items he did not finish, or did sub-par.

When confronted with an overwhelming negative response like this I would assume that a rational person would start to second guess what they are doing and want to get an opinion from an actual subject matter expert. 

Weather, it's recession speculation, convincing your spouse, confronting doubters, a baby on the way etc... there will always be something that you will use to hold you back.

No - last month I dropped by and found a medium sized dog kept there so I confronted tenant and he apologized.

Since you're already confronted with going out of state, why set arbitrary geographic restrictions on what markets you will consider?

It could save you a couple hundred over a year but you could have easily added more income from your primary w2 job or additional income stream not to worry about your simple daily habit.If you are reviewing yous finances weekly (better yet daily) you are in better shape then most people. confront your finances and take control of them mint.com is a great starter for budgeting and seeing where your money is spent.

So, my CPA billed me $250 per hour for the day and I let go rather than confronting him and causing hard feelings.My CPA just retired about two months ago and I am upset that he did not call to tell me because he was my CPA for about 38 years.

But there are a lot of people who are not people-people; do not like any kind of confrontation; do not know how to turn a screwdriver; already work 2 jobs; live 1000 miles from the property; have low-class properties with headache tenants; ETC that can benefit from PMs. 

If they get out of line, give them the appropriate notice and get rid of them.I have also found that most drug dealers and druggies respect authority figures (including landlords), meaning that they will back down when confronted.