What about having to break even, or even feed the property every month $200 for those same 36 months, but at sale, could net a $75K-$100K profit?

Over the last few years, I take all of my STR profits and dump them into the stock market and I couldn’t be happier.

Happy profits!!   

Lots of areas that pencil very well on paper but the quality of renter you will get is going to eat into any profit you may think you are getting.

They also help us with seeting up our Non Profit 501(c)3.   

I used the 75% rule on the income and added it and my DTI without the rental goes from 24% to 38%.Or does it just allow me to just take the net profit of that rental and add it to my rental? 

How much profit at the end do you expect to realize and what time frame do you project to receive it?

Adding 16 small units can be very profitable, with enough profit for all those involved.  

To scale this route you need to have a good system in place to ensure you are profitable.

It keeps everyone on the same page.3) The downside of using a PM who has their own maintenance company is that you might end up with larger bills as it is a profit center for them.