Joe Namath was hired as the spokesperson.      

Or contract all labor?

A lot of lenders used to apply 35% for expenses, but in the last several years, the numbers for supplies, labor, utilities, taxes, etc… have increased significantly.Also take into account the age, occupancy and how has the property been maintained, this will affect the expenses too

Quote from @Joshua Janus: Quote from @Joe Villeneuve: Quote from @Joshua Janus: Quote from @Jen Anderson: Hi,I have some rental properties and I'm getting 5-6 calls a day soliciting me for an off-market deal to buy my property.

No employees as we use a few subs for the labor.

Unless you have some sort of subject matter expertise or access to an unfair advantage (cheap labor, ways to source off market deals, etc.), index funds are likely to provide an equal or better return with a MUCH lower hassle factor and more liquidity.

Quote from @Joe S.: Today my thought was it is possible to grow too fast.  

I have text in my lease stating that the tenant is not allowed to make repairs to holes in walls and that any repair work that takes over 30 minutes or is larger than the size of small nail will be repaired by the landlord's hired labor at a cost of $30 per hour plus material costs. 

Problem with Zillow and FB is they have this annoying "1-click reply" where people can just click on your ad without reading it and you get an automated message "Joe is interested in your apartment at 123 Main St."

I wouldn't pay them anything upfront...I recommend you always pay for labor AFTER the work is done.