It use to be necessary as a DIY landlord to have a set cleaning fee in the lease that could be deducted from the security deposit at move out. 

This is a very simple scenario, but gives you an idea.

This was just a simple post towards homeowners.

Third, you aren't saving money or doing yourself any favors with DIY management.

RUN COMPS, simple. here ya go, Look what you missed :) But you can still get great returnsGood luck44109 (median home price went from roughly 50k to 125k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77009/cleveland-oh-44109/44102 (median home price went from roughly 30k to 120k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77002/cleveland-oh-44102/44106 (median home price went from roughly 100k to 200k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77006/cleveland-oh-44106/

“Safety comes in numbers”Also, in my opinion you should NEVER invest what your can’t comfortably afford to loose.You are 100% correct about prices increasing over the years.The answer is quite simple.

However, an airline card that will give you an intro bonus, has no transaction fees and can help you build points to go back and forth from home could be attractive.There are millions of credit cards out there, the nerd in me would make a simple spreadsheet to compare them. 

I've done complete ground up rehabs to simple paint and floors.  

Previous owners created a DIY nightmare.

Most of them lie about what they've done, when they did it, and how they did it.The time-proven method of building wealth is very simple: earn, save, invest.There was a time when you could buy properties cheap, rent them for more than your expenses, and then rinse and repeat.