We self-manage our five-unit property with both—while RentRedi's reports can be clunky, Stessa offers much better reporting.

Sorry to hear your self managing isn't going as planned...finding good tenants is tricky!

Live in an area for 2-3 years, self-manage the property, and then relocate again, passing the baton to a property manager.I’d love to hear advice on any of these markets for making this approach a success!

Some reasons you'd need to sub your tax returns: if you have a schedule C (self employemnt) or a schedule E (rental income). 

Being a Teacher and self managing your investment home... 

We are looking to move from that, to a rental property, or a self storage property.Hey @Steve Wortman, welcome to the BP Forum!

If you ever decide to get back into yourself, once you get a few wins the confidence builds.The strategies I mentioned are what my clients are using for their own deals. 

If you self manage, you save that money, but you are basically taking on a side hustle.  

I'd like to know how self-management is going for you, I've self-managed and was quite lucky with my first renter and not so lucky after!

We also would like to self-manage if possible.