If I were you I’d look for a subset of a more expensive market.

I live in California, this is a bay area property.were not looking to move out of state and house hacking is less palatable when a duplex costs 1.6 million.

If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

Since costs of living depend on the area of the country, this will also influence hourly rates.Again though, Google AI can provide answers!

Or enter "for repairs" and take photographs of expensive new stuff for court...but they may be paying down credit cards.

But I feel like having the bank connections (to automatically pull in those expenses/revenues) is key to streamlining things.

@Jorge Caceres  too bad that can be expensive.

Starting to look at possibly investing there.Great, but also expensive and competitive.

You have multiple who do this for a living telling you how it works.

Since comps are limited, analyze similar nearby locations to estimate demand.When pitching investors, focus on a clear business case: expected income, expenses, occupancy, and ROI.