Quality over quantity.7.Master Delegation and Automation: PM is a complex industry with many moving parts—marketing, maintenance, leasing, screening, and more.

I love how Mint was "semi-automatic", and did a decent job on its own although you needed to come in and tweak categories.All this to say, are there any other Mom & Pop investors out there with more complex personal finance that have found useful software solutions? 

You can also own REITs, which are shares of real estate (ex: apartment complexes, self storage, etc).

Multifamily is incredibly complex and if you don't understand the metrics or calculations behind it, you're going to get burned. if you're just plugging numbers in until it "goes green", you are either going to miss out on deals or buy something you shouldn't. 

I purchased a 9-unit apartment complex in 2020 (closed on it in February weeks before Covid hit and everything shut down).

I'm an investor as well as CEO of a property management company that works with many out-of-state investors, especially from California, for exactly the reasons you mentioned – high prices and complex tenant laws.

Quote from @Travis Timmons: @Xavien Rafael I don't doubt that you know what you are doing, but that is WAY too complex for a beginner.Just buy a property that you like with a well researched strategy in mind.

I had a 104 unit complex and landlord was paying all the water.

The Rental Owners Association of Lane County has a membership of over 1,300+ rental owners, representing over 20,000 rental units(from single family to multi-story complexes). 

Besides being worried at adding complexities to my properties, I genuinely don't really know what people want, because when I travel I'm not spending the kind of money that people are obviously spending at these ultra high cash flowing properties.