Property managers have established vendor relationships and can handle issues quickly.Cons of Hiring a Property Manager❌ Lower Profit Margins – Management fees (typically 8-12% of monthly rent) eat into your cash flow, which can be a dealbreaker if your margins are tight.❌ Less Control Over Tenants & Maintenance – You won’t be as involved in selecting tenants or overseeing repairs, which might lead to decisions you wouldn’t have made yourself.❌ Not All Property Managers Are Great – A bad property manager can neglect your property, overcharge for repairs, or poorly handle tenant relations, leading to unnecessary headaches.Which Option Is Right for You?

So, the actual increase to market rent will be much lower.

., Smyrna, Decatur, Marietta), new construction or turnkey rentals for lower maintenance, or small multifamily properties for stability.

And talking with my leasing team, the properties that are moving quicker are on the lower end of the rental range $1450-1600.

It will give you a lower interest rate on both properties because you bought them as owner occupants, and it will require less down payment to get into. 

Your starting depreciable basis should have been the LOWER of what you paid or the FMV in 2010 when you converted it to a condo. 

It's also nice that they have their own recommended insurer, those rates are much lower then what I would pay up in the northeast. 

Generally buying in nicer areas leads to better experiences and confidence in your investing, but lower cash flow when you move out.

I'm also considering Halethorpe because it's a good commuter location.Some people really like supporting the city in which case , northeast Baltimore would seem to the best place to buy a single family, in my opinion given the taxes situation and given that none of those areas are walkable I’d rather just be in the county and pay Lower taxes, and it’s not like northeast Baltimore is much that much cheaper than Baltimore county, hathorpe is mixed, arbutus is nice, I hate the housing stock there, would rather be in Catonsville if I was considering western Baltimore county. 

It's OK to be more tenacious with negotiating down, and make the most out of a slowing market to buy at lower prices.