Regular preventative maintenance, typically during turnovers between tenants I take note, anything that will likely be a need to repair in the next 12mo I try to fix during my turnovers before a new tenant, but I also take note of anything that may be needed in the next 24mo and the next 5years and I estimate the cost and budget it into my reserves Best of luck with your self management journey!

I'm excited to be here and continue that journey. 

Hey Mike & Rachel, welcome to the area and congrats on the next step in your REI journey! 

This is what I recommend for you to get started in your real estate journey:1.

I would still recommend an actual property manager over this method unless you're well connected or local to where you own/are managing. 

In fact, I recently used one of the methods from the book—where Chris Voss talks about "going negative" to soften the blow of an offer and make it more palatable.

I'm located in central CT and have been browsing and taking in whatever information I can from different areas to get started on my journey.

I'm a new member, looking to start my REI journey.

Looking forward to seeing how your journey unfolds!

Terry Welcome to Bigger Pockets and I wish you all the best in your investing journey!!