To answer the title of your post, selling fsbo can be a good idea if:- you have experience selling RE- you price the home to sell- you have systems in place to collect inquiries and facilitate showings i.e. call center/email/google forms for screening inquiries, showing agent, lockbox, security alarm, etc. - you have dozens of local agents who can market the property for you and bring you a buyer- you are listing in a desirable area with low-inventory - you are not in a rush to sell

If you can house hack a duplex / triplex / quad locally, I highly suggest it.

When the local/state government turns on you and you need to bail on your market. 

Local market economic conditions. 

EXAMPLE: a local HC has a single comcast email address for their entire office - mysteriously, they seem to be always losing emails and asking us to resend multiple times.The good news is they finally increased their max rental amounts a few years ago, so they are now more competitive. 

But you’ll want to do a little digging and maybe talk to a local lender who’s dealt with ground leases before, from what I’ve heard.On the tax front, if you have the benefits and burdens of ownership for the structures, depreciation might still be on the table.

Can be local or not...

Call a couple local property managers (I’d suggest key property be one of the calls.

@Jonathan Klemm is also a good local resource who is active on here.

Any advice for older listings that dont do well in displaying in the top of local property searches.