If you hate to use a hammer or screwdriver, or have no patience to sand drywall seams - don't think you can do rehabs on your own.

     You want your late fee to be enough of a hammer to encourage compliance.  

The problem is that wonderful philosophy above changes to "when you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

The GC won't be the one swinging the hammer still, so would it be safe to say in general terms, that similar tighter margins could be managed through self-managing the project as a Realtor/Investor?

The contractor never swung a single hammer at the job site. 

On the top bar, we take a small hammer and knock the ice off.

Hammering disability payments to sevice debt on a property you will never live in.....

We absolutely made a mistake by not dropping the hammer at the first site of the dog.

And I always like to keep in mind that we have very regional markets and sub markets in the US and some could get hammered and others just a blip.

I have one key for every main entrance and each unit. 1 key is way better than 10+Mechanical screw to the side of the house lock boxes. 1 per unit and 1 for myself and people I send to do mx and repairsFor the unit lock box I give just that unit the code and explain to them that if they come home hammered and can’t find their keys I’m not coming to let them in.