Even with an attributable labor rate attached to an invoice (which you have to trust a PM company to do fairly/accurately) it's still better than having them call a locksmith each time to rekey a lock or a plumber to install a garbage disposal.  

Also, if you have a handyman and a 6 foot concrete pad, you can have a bike rack installed for $60.

They were installed to code and are oversized for the square footage. 

Dealers cannot do 1031 exchanges, cannot do installment sales, and cannot take depreciation, all of which are reserved exclusively for "investors" who are not considered "dealers".  

This will insulate you from price increases from service providers as well as service abuse from a resident.If you share utilities, you can install submeters or use a Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS). 

Also, quality flooring (hardwood, tile, etc) helps. 

I bought my rentals in Killeen while at Fort Hood early 2010s, including quadplexes. 2-4 families seem to be especially popular around military installations perhaps?

During this whole time I mucked around in tiny crawl spaces with mouse crap and snakes, cleaned sewage off of myself more than once, made at least two emergency room visits (one for drilling a hole straight through my hand installing cabinet knobs), sweated my *** off in attics in the summer.

And now water damage to a downstairs condo unit due to poor installation of tub spouts. 

This site says you can install an egress window in Cleveland Heights!