Send me a picture of a Rueben sandwich and a bowl of matso ball soup.  

Otherwise, you won't have the extra funds necessary to cover the rising costs of goods and services in the future.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

There are definitely some pockets of fairly priced duplexes to at least cover some of the mortgage, but tough to actually come out in the green monthly if you’re living in the other unit.

Otherwise taking detailed videos and pictures for the contractor to get a good idea of budget should be sufficient to get a realistic budget. 

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Silly question I guess, but when you're putting a property on the market and uploading pictures....what do you go with first? 

Storm damage would commonly be covered by your homeowners insurance.10.

Then you end up getting harassed by some jackass who acts like he owns the place and you have to cover his paycheck.

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

So I snap pictures of paper receipts in the store and send it to that dedicated email.