I know it will probably be a process before I am able to buy with Agencies and use my own PM, but I think I should consider right out of the gate as opposed to if/when I get 1,000+ units under control. 

If you choose a "no pets" policy for your properties, you are limiting your pool of potential tenants by half right out of the gates - before any actual screening has been done.  

"The downside (of turnkey) is that we don't create any equity out the gate".

I graduated college and landed a $100k+ per year position right out of the gate and had been planning my real estate empire for a couple years at that point. 

Ideally, we should all strive to be like Bill Gate or Sam Walton.

Blake Garcia Pros: mentioned often on BP so commonly used Cons: Hidden fees that add up Cost: Starting at $45 / month, additional fees for features like ePay, tenant screening, 1099 eFilingAppfolio - Software used for property management“The next software that is pretty expensive is out of the gate is Appfolio.com, which charges $200.00 fee.

But not if you throw the Golden Gate in free

It a gated community that I live in.

I thought we were going to go to the airport.. nope follow him a few hundred more yards to a massive gate made of wrought iron and art work.. it opens and we drive up onto a PAVED 4000 foot lighted runway on his property.. and over to his two 100/100 hangers were he had a few million in airplanes..

Recently, we had a call as the management from the tenants mentioning that they had a security concern in the property.The property is in a gated community.