We agreed to market his utility through our business brokerage division, and received multiple offers from larger water utilities netting the seller $millions.2.

Cons: Delays buying a house hack, Greatest risk of another repair or eviction causing a larger cash issueOption 5) Self-manage the properties -- Pros: Improves cash flow by ~$100 / unit / month, I self-managed this portfolio for 3 years and believe that I was more effective than the professional property manager, Can do this in addition to any of the above options.

We've been through 6 including the larger names and most of them suck royally.  

I have 50+ rental houses and a handful of office buildings and MF so I'm almost where I could pull it off by myself but I still think we could have more "pull" with a larger combined portfolio and shared resources.. 

A limitation system that actaully works would be a good choice.

. $200-300 is typical in the larger metro areas.

If the company is hesitant, consider their financial statements to assess their stability or negotiate other security measures like a larger security deposit.

I chose this larger apartment because I had initially planned to rent out the spare bed + bath for $700-800/mo, but he stopped me because he 'wanted to ensure our privacy.' 

I took that money and purchased a larger single family home further out in the valley, it made my commute longer but I listen to Bigger Pockets audio books now to pass the time. 

We put a mini split per bedroom as well as a larger mini split in the living room area.