So here are pros and cons of managing yourself.Pros:  you keep all profits (except 3% to credit card company), get to know guests, create a rapport with regular guests, make it personalized and memorable for your guests (my housekeeping staff was great and would leave flowers for anniversaries and balloons for bdays)Cons: Phone calls late at night sometimes, dealing with guests who are nasty and ignore your rules (ie no pets/no smoking, but it's nice having damage waiver in place), trial and error finding right housekeeping/maintenance/HVAC/plumbing people.Going with a property management company pros and cons:Pros:  they deal with all the issues and reservations callsCons: they may not be as attentive to your property as you would be and don't follow through with rules of no pets/no smoking.

In fact, I'm usually able to get 10% more rent for a unit in the spring - the weather is nice, the flowers are out, and the overall value of the unit seems higher - so they are willing to pay more.  

If things were so perfect where they were, they should have stayed.Move down here, buy your flowered shirts, and enjoy your drinks on the beach...can't beat it.

Same with the liquor store, gas station, or flower shop.Before you think I'm a cruel human, I plan to give away $60,000 in charitable contributions this year. 

Currently meeting in Flower Mound about 1x/month.

Quote from @Levi Flowers: I am currently renting out 3 homes in Ohio, fixer uppers I worked on on the side, looking to focus more soley on real estate from now on.

Landscaping.. ad a BUNCH of flowers etverywhere, not just a shrub here and there.

Purchase price: $1,625,000 Cash invested: $358,000 -17 Unit Mixed Used Multifamily Asset-15 Rental Apartments ranging from studios to 2 bedroom flats-2 Commercial Storefront both on mid term leases to 2026 (Flower shop & American Indian Cafe)Value add opportunity by raising rents over time with slight renovations.

I recently purchased a rental property on the near East side in Little Flower. 

I will say that my one pure turnkey property is my best cash-flower.