Also look at the area as well in terms of how attractive it will be for people to rent out your units. 

So it ends up being not nearly as much CE as people think.

Also I have seen people paint copper white to make it look like pex or cpvc. 

This is probably the thing that burns out people who self-manage more than anything.2.

Basically you can't have the yard be higher than 6 inches below the window sill (otherwise it would v difficult for people to exit out of this window in case of an emergency). 

Do people have experience doing so and have they been successful?

Meet people and network with them.

If the tenants are the issue, they can make it very difficult to show the property and this can create a lot of issues for you during this time.It will also prevent you from selling your home for maximum market value as only few people will want to deal with holdover tenants.

Would help if you stated what questions you had so people could reply right away.I have knowledge on HELOANs but not direct experience.

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