We do not do Syndications; we have access to all the funding we will ever need, and I don't like sharing the profits. 

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.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.

He does good work and is easy to work with.

You want it to be easy for your tenants to use to avoid non-payment or technological issues on their end, too.

Most investors want something easy.

The property has about a quarter mile of street access, and no trees or anything to block it, so I wanted to put something there to give a little privacy anyway, and then these trees obviously have to go, so I was hoping to re-use them.

Easy to use app, clear picture and it works at night. 

As for a downward shift you can always lower your rate (underwrite a worst, middle and best case scenario), Make sure your rental stands out from the crowd (easy to do in Hawaii since most owners don't reinvest in their property).  

Just make sure only YOU have access to thermostat.5) First understand that leasing is a DIFFICULT job!