Decide which areas you DO want to master, focus most of your energy there, and try to find ways that these strengths can overcome your weaknesses (or make them irrelevant altogether).

Save your time, energy and effort and allow them to do it.

Lot's of people try to get out of the fee's by saying they have one, but then can't provide the paperwork and pay the fee (bc they're full of it).Of course, I would never discriminate against someone with a legitimate service animal....and by legit, I mean they've taken the time and energy to validate their service iguana or gold-fish.

I love the efficiency and energy savings of a dual propane and heat pump system, but since I would like to keep the tenants paying the heating bill, I don’t think it would get me any additional rent to justify the cost.The plan as of right now will be to test the units at inspection and hope they will last through the winter.  4 of 6 units have had tenants in them for many years, so I think its safe to assume that they had heat last winter, and I will be dropping by to ask.  

I am pretty high energy and like i said open and willing to learn!

People pick up from that positive energy. 

I get smaller ones, energy star, so they don't suck as much electricity. 

I don't have any experience or references for you but I can tell you that vacation rentals require a lot more time and energy from a property manager and from what I have heard 25-30% is not out of line.

You now have to decide to dedicate the time, effort and energy.

The reason it's attractive to do now is that there are some reasonable unsecured home improvement loan products from the MN CEE (Center for Energy and Environment) that I can use to finance the adds since we currently owner-occupy the property.