In terms of timeline, don't plan for it to be a fast process, your rockstar local loan officer will not be processing the assumption, it'll be a group of call center people reading scripts from a computer screen.

Quote from @Sushma Annaiah: As of now started looking at sfh and looking for cash flow .i will be taking mortgage and also planning to go with property management SFH + cash flow + property management will not compute in many areas right now, especially if you want something that is in great shape with no cap ex.

It is imperative that you compute your potential cash flow in light of these numbers.

When you get flooring there's people sitting at the computers in that specific area, so that's usually where you make large orders.

However, I also do like doing the analysis on my properties so I suppose it is "fun" for me, at least as much as fun as a computer-based task could be.

Another factor to consider, the main season for tourism seems to be between Memorial day to Labour day, and pretty much dies down completely after that. 

I pay $10/hr and she updates QB on my computer remotely via TeamViewer.

Do not use a program for your computer when you can use an online rental manager for nothing.

Beside the “subject to” that’s recently become the subject of much debate we utilized  ”no interest short term owner financing”, the “2nd mortgage crank”, substitution of collateral, mortgage subordination, wrap loans, real estate “exchange” (not for tax reasons), sale - lease back, guaranteed rent payments, sale - buy back, land offered in lieu of down payment, zero coupon bonds as substitution of collateral, and a few others that escape my memory.  

Plus there was no code enforcement in 1966 nor computers.