Look at the upside, lodging for up to 20 years with 3 years supervised probation and a 5 million dollar fine.

IF this is not your space, how well can you train/supervise someone doing it?

Whether you invest locally or out of state, your supervision will be needed on property managers and maintenance work orders.

It's easier to train / supervise one or a few than your entire tenant base.That said, of course, if you feel that much consternation, you might consider some options:1.

I am in NJ and we have judicial foreclosure (court supervised), but I believe that non judicial also allows for the owner to sell the property before the mortgagee (bank) try to sell it itself.Good investing!

Yet, she told me to contact her staff directly, not bothering to supervise her subordinate, who barely replying my email.For example, I need tree trimming and fence repairs, and her staff took 3 weeks to give me estimation cost, and no specific schedule when to perform. 

Anyways, to me this falls in the category of shady area, some businesses might use these tactics to improve their cash flow but Im pretty sure a business (if done right) can still be profitable without such "optimizations"Anyways, thank you all for your inputs, I appreciate it. a Non-Exempt employees are the employee who are not exempt from having their employer take payroll taxes from their paychecks and then those employers have to pay the IRS and other government agencies the taxes they deducted plus pay extra money by matching some of the taxes.All employees who are under the full control of their employers for the time they report to work until they leave, employees who are under the full supervision of their employers, employers who are provided with all their tools by their employers and the list goes on.Exempt employees are not employees.

Do you manage hands on or do you supervise a property manager?

When using private and hard money lenders, they want you to have experience supervising renovations before they give you money for new construction.

Much of my daily time and energy is spent on tasks that are not commensurate with my skill level: apartment leasing, repair scheduling, tenant relations, accounts payable, packing mailers, supervising renovation work, brokerage showings, brokerage marketing brochures, etc.