Not sure about the contact but if I had to judge only by the quality of his website, it would fail miserably.

I'm not handy, and I have a hard time giving up control to someone else so not being on site and fixing up a home made me miserable.

I'm going to make your life miserable from here on because you're not holding up your end of the landlord/tenant relationship.If you're determined to go this route, ask the tenant how much of a discount they want on the rent to make up for the lack of AC.

I have several rental properties and unfortunately, Many cities have draconian rules that simply make your life miserable because you will get stuck with the bill and if tenants leave and don't pay, then city will place a lien on your property and/or would not be able to reconnect water.

I have seen experienced owners attempt that same formula and fail miserably.  

Cash flow is an after thought.Sure people can have 10 single family homes paid off in 15 to 30 years but that 1 million you think you have will not be worth 1 million by then due to inflation.I don't buy into the ( live miserable for 20 or 30 years like a miser until you retire) philosophy.I would instead look at how you can generate much more cash today to make investments.

The more miserable you are- the more useless stuff you would buy to get out of your misery.

It made me absolutely miserable whether it was jobs, the company I was working at, or relationships I was in.

I literally have no intentions on using my 401k funds for living post retirement, if I ever need that money then my life goals and plans have failed miserably.

The people are right about PM is the key factor.BTW, I have been not only out of state LL but out of country most of time,Unfortunatley, 8-9% from rent is miserable income for anyone.