While I don’t clean the units, I am still very hands on.

Quote from @Kristin Vegas: @Nathan Gesner thanks for taking the time to respond, i do have a question: i own 2 homes and one of them now is vacant, the tenant moved out and march will be 3 months of vacancy. the tenant moved out december 31 and the management handy man finished the respair almost the end of January. nothing major just paint the wall and some carpert cleaning. so far i received 2 applications but it was denied because they didn't feet the criteria, because these applications the management guy which is the owner of his company as well said that there were more applicants but he didn't even bother to send it to me because those applicants had bad criminal records. last week he said there was. more applications and he was going to check it but i haven't had any responses from it. today i called him to ask qbout those applications and he sounded a bit upset and said that he was gonna check it today, same thing he told me last week, i also asked his helper and she said that he was the one encharged of my rental. everytime i call him he sound busy. he seems to be all over the place and sometimes i think that he is just not taking the time with my property. also last week i told him that if he could pls change the description of my property online and to add that i accept section 8 tenants and he said ok but still hasn't happen because i check the description and is still the same as it was, i'm new in this and any tip i will appreciate it 🙏 What is the market like where the rental is? 

Going to do it under a sole proprietorship until we get more established.

Lol:) I was just curious in that it seemed to be a good investment, and I assumed that it was for an established investor.

Goal in mind is to establish my (and soon to be wife's) primary residence/house hack whilst rebuilding reserves for future investment. 

Before moving out, test different strategies, automate management (smart locks, cameras, cleaning services), and decide whether to self-manage or hire a property manager.

STRs, in particular, are closer to running a hospitality business than a passive investment, with constant guest turnover, cleaning coordination, and regulatory risks.

Thank you for your input.Keep a cheat sheet for your property(ies) with color brand/codes for each room and common info needed such as appliance info, fridge opening HxW, etc...Paint should be standard sets of colors for all the properties you have.Flat means hard to clean, repaint it all.

With residential properties everything is easier - establishing value, financing, qualifying, finding the deals, etc.  

Things like touch-up paint, minor trim fixes, and final deep cleaning can often be done while showing the property.