He at least pretended to be involved in our first couple of deals.

I do not pretend to understand their motivations, but i would not care to keep around tenants who will drag me to court, especially for a trivial matter such as this.

Some would say we hit inertia because we are bogged down with these details, but we have a lot of reasons why we are currently working in our business instead of on our business.All that said, I won't pretend that it isn't exhausting and at times very frustrating to self manage.  

Within 24 hrs of hitting MLS if it's a deal a ton  of cash buyers with bank statements ( not pretenders with hard money loan proof of funds) will put offers on it.You can buy property in Woodstock but you would need to be realistic.

If you don't answers you should pretend to be a tenant and start making calls.

Even some well known licensed property managers allow unlicensed individuals to pretend to be property managers.

I'll be the first to admit that I can't simply pretend that major expenditure doesn't exist, but I would like to think that something like that only comes along ever 5-10 years or even longer (again, time will tell).

So now you're a "pro" what would you do right now with $30k for maximum returns in a short time frame...pretending you are starting at day one of your investing career, with little to no contacts, no rehab team, etc.  

It is safer to buy a 5 gallon can of gasoline and toss matches at it to pretend it's the 4th of July.

Pretend you’re looking for a 2 bedroom rental and compare what you see with what you could create.