@Matthew Banks  if you want to be a successful real estate investor, self-managing your own properties (for a while) will give you invaluable experience--and without that experience, it will be very difficult to become a successful real estate investor (with or without PMs).Think of it this way: trying to manage a PM (or team of PMs) without any property management experience is a bit like trying to manage a car repair shop with zero experience fixing cars, or trying to coach a team to an NBA championship with no basketball experience, or trying to manage a law firm with no legal experience. 

One of those things is officiating basketball games.

hello everyone my name is Antonio Depina I am currently a professional basketball player in Europe who wants to start generating cash flow through rental properties.

., beetdiggers, played basketball, went to Kansas U, and went on to be Director of Public Affairs for the National Park Service; Interior, in DC.....we love our parks...i want to know it better and invest there..its another world to me, as my whole life has been east coast.

The colors correspond to the value ranges in the legend. 

Think of it this way: owning a portfolio of PM-managed properties without any personal experience in property management is a bit like trying to manage a mechanic's shop with zero experience fixing cars, trying to coach a team to an NBA championship with no basketball experience, or trying to manage a law office with no legal experience. 

Originally posted by Steve Babiak:Sounds like "loan to own" could be making a comeback there ....I really wonder how much of “loan-to-own” is urban legend.

These are just initial thoughts to your question -1) I'm a basketball coach,  so my analogy to the players is to just keep shooting.

I love coaching youth sports (basketball and soccer) and all the positive impact that team sports has to offer.

I think that's more urban legend than anything else.