Depending on your turn-over rate, you can probably self-manage 20-30 units before it get's too much.That certainly means burning the candle on both ends and I did not go out much, but I wanted it bad enough and was always thinking just. one. more.

And it's actually going to make us MORE money with WAY less work and headache 🙏 (I mean we'll still have tenants so its not without headache).I also have 2 littles, whom I homeschool, were just finishing up renovating a school bus, and started a couple businesses, while traveling the country (hippie scientist gone green real estate investor 🤓, still hippie 🌈✌️🚌, with hottie chef husband 👨‍🍳).

You remind me of the guys who go hunting with the giant 10,000+ candle power halogen spotlights that when stopped say something like there not shining the deer, there just illuminating a path for the bullet.... 

Our rental is in a hippie town and we attract responsible, green-minded tenants both with solar panels and garden beds in the yard.

I don't know what you do for a living, but you could try burning the candle at both ends.

For example, any STR operators could choose a specific scent for their property, and then get the candle version of that scent for guests to purchase after they check out.  

., there is nothing wrong with beautifying war-zone areas but just know that you have to be aware of the element that you will be surrounded by, keep the candle burning bright because you may have to spend a couple nights in the property to keep it from being rampaged, i haven't step into this arena, i prefer to go where the houses are selling, in neighborhoods that i know i wouldn't be afraid to live, but to each his own, if you can get a line of credit opened and then from there look into getting a mentor or someone who has done this before if you want to build your portfolio, it wont be easy but nothing is life worth anything is, do you duty and due diliegence and you should be alright, let me know if i can help keep posting but most of all keep sharing

Can DL manage vacation rentals as well as traditional rentals?

So I guess that puts me halfway between an OG and a Young Buck, which is about right considering that I started in 2004 (partnering on a "house-hack" but we still called it a hippy flop house back then), then picked up a 2nd property in 2009 with only $4,000 down thanks to the tax credit stimulus program ($8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers) and managed to double the value of that one with value add improvements (live-in flip if you will), then sold that and did that again then went into multifamily.

It's hard watching them burn both ends of the candle and knowing that they could've gone to "better" schools, but I wouldn't change it as I am so proud of who they are.In the end, they should inherit a lot more than I did.