You may also find certain markets where alternative rent strategies (MTR, STR, rent by room, etc) produce enough extra income to justify the increased work involved but the difference in income from the different rent strategies in many markets is just sufficient to justify the increase in effort involved.$100k is going to be challenging in coastal CA cities.  

My handyman couldn’t even get paint today because the machine at Home Depot couldn’t mix it thanks to the CrowdStrike software update that caused a global tech outage.

The reason you do not is that the numbers do not justify the effort.  

You won't fail or succeed based on how competitive your market is, you'll fail or succeed based on your effort and expertise. 

If it were to actually REDUCE costs, than efforts would be focused to INPUTS, to LOWER costs which lowers price.

HubSpot might be ideal if you want to tightly integrate your CRM with marketing efforts.

If you have a fully fenced in yard, you may also have a great set-up for being a pet-friendly MTR, which could mean extra revenue/pet rent without much effort on your end.Hope this info helps - keep us updated on how this ends up working out for you in the coming weeks!

These areas are more stable, but you would have to put effort into finding below market deals.

Our strategic marketing efforts highlighted the property's new features, attracting buyers quickly.

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.