I do it myself and takes 20 to 30 minutes a month (did it yesterday for Dec), with about 7 of those minutes for 1 property in Blount County, TN which requires the form to be manually filled out, write a check, address an envelope, scan doc and check for my records and walk it to my mailbox.

@Samantha Bartlett What city do you live in?

did you have it inspected? 

Good luck with that, but I would not push it.

I could use some help from investors in IL... how do you set up a sub to there??

I RARELY will do a deal for someone i have not personally met.. so I do a lot of flying :)  

.: For those who invest out of state, if you could go back to when you first started, what would you do differently?

Until you have to do a major repair like a roof.  

They are the ones responsible for your actions.In TX it is a one page form we are required to provide at the first substantive interaction. 

@Nicholas Goerss  There are not real tricks to it.