I have personally purchased large apartment complexes from REITs and know how poorly some of them manage their properties. 

Appreciate if any personal experience can be shared that triggered the need.Thanks

Financial Highlights•Acquisition Price: $72,000•Renovation Costs: $35,600•Total Investment: $107,600•Funds: raised from personal savings and private lender How did you add value to the deal?

It can be price or unique amenity or your personal charm! 

So I don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time I hire a new person.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Hiring a lawyer sounds expensive, but it is way cheaper than hiring a amateur (in this case yourself) who costs you money and provides no results (and then you need to hire a professional anyway).My personal philosophy is to "do it right, or do it twice" and its way cheaper to do it right once. 

@Raif Jochim I personally like having my primary paid off.

I know this is an older post, but are any of you interested in meeting up in person and getting something going? 

I believe Alexandria city allows it but portions of Fairfax county do not allow it. i would go option 1 personally.