Ask agent to do final walk-thru video to send to you to confirm quality of work BEFORE final payment to contactor.8) List the property for sale.NOTE: we're heading into winter/holidays when all real estate activity slows.

Thank you KC, These are excellent points that I'll be weighing over the next weeks as I make my final decision.

It should not take 9 months to train someone, it should take a week or two at most and for part of that they should be independent.As for needy tenants-is it truly most of them being needy or do the units need work (and as a result of lots of maintenance requests) or a few people being problems? 

Look at the site and layout through the eyes of the reader; never put Google first, as that'll always result in unnatural text and layouts.All of these things can easily be done with Carrot templates without paying for third parties to give you their "secret sauce".

I'd encourage you to weigh all of your options before making final decisions.

We just pass a transit referendum too, which will finally allow matching money to flow to the city for the first time. 

Additionally, because of court time, requirements, etc. they result in  higher legal fees. 

As a result, a new roof was needed.

It is also my understanding that this would result in large tax returns (from depreciation offsetting my other active income) that I could use to continue to expand my portfolio. 

Of course this would be harsh on the current owner, but this process is bad enough that it discourages participation which would result in lower prices (if there were not inside buyers).BTW drones are handy on virtually all properties.