I hired a PM who agreed to manage my property for 8% of the rent.

If you don't know how to do everything (or unsure about anything) hire an attorney to do for you. 

If you are hiring a PM, then it's not a big difference either way, but if self-managing you don't want to go much bigger than you have been or you may not be able to do all the work.

Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!

-- solid strategy, make sure you look at the trailing 12 months cashflow and do extensive due diligence, you might even consider hiring someone to help you with due diligenceInvesting in mobile home parks?

I have known and worked with Matt for years.I have attended his training and hired him as a consultant.He is hands down the best at what he does.I have personally raised over $50 million for my hard money lending company.I am grateful for a lot of people who helping me with this success and Matt is at or near the top of that list.

Just got off the phone with another DIY landlord looking to hire a PMC.They really didn't like our response to their question, "How long does it take you to find a tenant?"

lol)Purchase Price: 115k, Rehab 150k, Total all in: 265kExpected Rent: $4,000/month to $4,400I hired a real estate investing coach to help us build out the budgets for these 11 doors. 

Will you go it on your own, or would you hire a PM? 

This is one of the biggest things that people dont think about when they decide to skip hiring a GC.Become a familiar face with your local planning and zoning board/committee.