I routinely monitor my STR 600 miles away from me.

Tenants love fancy stuff, so make your property a magnet for them.

I've cut 99% of unwanted calls doing this routine.

Nothing too fancy - yet.

I suppose this is routine for East Coast lenders.

Do you eat out for lunch every day, get coffee twice a day, have a new fancy car, and buy the latest trends?  

These currently aren't fancy units.- Value add - When building additional units, what steps should be taken to determine how many can be built?

Don't worry about minor complaints, you are doing a fine job.Just one question, ALL sites have a delay in data from MLS updates, and from court reported information, and so on, is that a function of a monthly update routine or can the information be updated a little more frequently? 

Even completely self-serve laundromats require daily cleaning and light maintenance.As far as time costs, expect to spend time each week troubleshooting equipment issues, routine maintenance, cleaning, and handling customer issues.

Plus, other routine tasks like transferring loans and providing payoffs were way more difficult with them than it should have been.