This new property management company was just as ineffective, and for nearly two years, I struggled with bad tenants, constant repairs, and growing losses.

Preparing Property for Rental/Lease: FREE (not including cost of maintenance/repairs related to turnover).D.

Having your handyman do showings could be a solution, but keep in mind that if he’s not experienced in tenant screening, it could expose you to more risk, especially with squatters or less reliable tenants.You mentioned using something like Showmojo for smart access, which is great for efficiency, but I’d suggest ensuring you have solid procedures for background checks and tenant screening if you go that route.As someone who’s owned a property management company for 5+ years and manages over 300 units, I’ve seen the impact of not properly screening tenants.

The wholetail is a smart play, but you should be cleaning the place thoroughly and doing no repairs and then presenting an honest proforma with rents and expenses estimated so investors have a PDF to look through.

Hiring a bookkeeper to watch the income/expenses is like hiring a gardener to tell you how many roof shingles are laying on the ground after a wind storm instead of hiring a roofer to repair the roof.I recommend that you look for a quality property manager who can maintain the properties and help with the bookkeeping.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

I would avoid, suffered huge losses due to 6+ month vacancies between tenants and very expensive turn repairs (~4k after only 1 year).I will update this post if my experience changes for the better 

Over the last year I have built up a strong Home Repairs business (Eastern NC Home Repairs) that services New Bern, Greenville, Jacksonville, Morehead City, Kinston, and Havelock.

Adhering to the procedures laid out in the operating agreement is what you rely on to be viewed and treated as a business rather than as an individual.

We are paying $300k for the land and as a builder my costs are lower but let’s use retail so it’s safe. 900k build so a grand total of $1.2milIf you put 20% down and refinance in a year from now at 5.9 (realistic to me) that would be $24k net after taxes, 7% put for capex and repairs(it’s new), and insurance.

Massive dehumidifiers are filling with at least 3-4 gallons of water daily - we can't rent until a slew of multi thousand dollar repairs are completed.We were told that the dehumidifiers the sellers had in the house were only used during the spring when snowmelt was very bad.