Sometimes dropping the price boosts listing attention and you end up getting offers that you can work with in a counter. 

Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

If you go to Cleveland give The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods a read first.

Ultimately, your decision should be based on your current income and financial flexibility.

Hi @Mike Lambert,Curious, how come you can’t boost returns as effectively with leverage in Spain vs the US?

We use OwnerRez.You can also go with a fully custom provider like Boostly but I'd recommend piggy backing on your PMS to get a "free" website so you can get a feel for it first. 

In 25 years of property management, I have never heard one good reason for a landlord to disclose to the tenants that they are the ultimate owner.In most cases, it's pure ego on the part of the investor.

Ultimately, it depends on what suits your situation and goals best. 

They will significantly boost labor productivity; - Inflation is trending down;- the Fed is itching to lower interest rates and bond markets are starting to sniff out a shift in the winds;- there is a ~$70 trillion wealth transfer from the Baby Boomers to their kidsbeginning (including their homes and real estate assets);- home prices are increasing steadily, not chaotically;- overall rents are up, but steading thanks to apartment rents / supply;- wage growth, for more than a year, is back to above inflation levels;- and the bottom 50% have more $ in their checking accounts than ever before as a % of wealth.

Ultimately it is the owner's (your) responsibility to discover all this kind of stuff and make all the calls to the city/county, checking on any restrictions in place.