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So rather than spend a bunch of money and bring in a specialist inspector for all the different trades (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, roof, etc) you can bring in a generalist at a fraction of the cost to evaluate the whole house looking for a broad range of problems. 

Makes complete sense @Michael PlaksI was having trouble determining the actual amount paid to my advisor between his management fee as well as trade commissions.

New units come with higher rents and appeal to a higher class of tenant, so you may be trading some ROI for less tenant issues.

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I can basically trade my three 1 bedroom units and my one 2 bedroom unit for a 24-unit apartment building in another upcoming market.

We do no work (plumbing, electrical etc) ourselves; just coordinate trades if and as needed.

My partner and I are now looking at managing the project ourselves as we do have the trade contacts, but our worry is the workload with our full time jobs. 

Your best option to scale up would be to sell and roll the SFHs into apartment complexes.The value is in having what you have and trading it in a move up.

I will need to sell the property for a higher price per sq ft but houses do trade for those price in the neighborhood.