You can try self management, but I also recommend you keep searching.Remember: cheaper doesn't mean you'll make more money.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

I’m active duty Air Force and maxed out my VA loan with three properties.Birmingham has some cheaper properties, but may not bring the cash flow that STRs in Florida might bring.It all depends on your timeline, numbers, funds, and comfort level.

Akron is usually cheaper than most places and that's what one decent size bedroom would cost here.

I go back and forth between wanting to buy a place for myself in CA or just continue renting and instead invest in a cheaper area of the country.

Many US investors pay cash for properties overseas because they have the money (like-kind properties are often much cheaper) and they can get a higher return than with most mortgaged US property if they buy the right property at the right price.

It would be cheaper for us to list the properties with a realtor and then buy it myself under a different LLC, if I'm legally allowed to do that.

It's been a recent trend in "renting is cheaper than buying" which speaks to the "time" aspect of the above, because given the meteoric rise in prices, and many of the operational expenses lagging in there impact, and than landlord's lagging in the pass-through, there has been much truth to that statement.     

Turnover, in theory, should be cheaper as well.The current rental cash flows ~$400/mo.

Relatively cheaper?

Although it might be cheaper to take the cashout on your primary home instead.