@Michelle Curran - Here is a CSS Decision Diagram flowchart intended to bring together all the various questions when assessing the benefits of a CSS (via a professional or DIY).

Tenant moves out, you spend $600 on cleaning and repairs, you file a claim, and Obligo pays you $600 in three business days.Here's the real good news: Obligo pays you every time.

Best,GZHello @Gabriel Zepeda,As @Andrew Abeyta correctly mentioned, there is not a direct and clean way to use 1031 exchanges to pay off debt on your existing portfolio.  1031s are great for lots of things, and they're really important to serious investors; however, they are not very useful as a tool for deleveraging. 

Do you like any DIY projects or is hiring a contractor your thing?

You discover his unauthorized dog trashed the carpet in the living room, destroyed a couple doors, and the entire place needs cleaning.

I've heard of mentees who started cleaning up construction areas on a flip at the end of each work day or picking up supplies at Home Depot and delivering them to the job site.

if it's a low rent area then clean it up and don't spend the extra money.

@Henry Hsieh typical penny-wise, dollar-foolish approach.Investors make more money finding deals than they do pinching pennies doing DIY management.Or, is your time not worth much?

Clean, paint and make the really necessary repairs that would offend a first-time home buyer.Let me give it to you straight.

BP should definitely create a therapy group because I equally fall into that trap with some of our Chicago renovations...I went to a property to do a quick walkthrough check and then somehow I end up with a broom in my hand cleaning because messy job sites are my pet peeve.