@Grace Ng, it still may not be a loss, so long as you now use the information and experience that you have GAINED to motivate you into taking the action necessary to bring you back to even keel and POSITIVE momentum financially.Expensive education can still get you to the same RICH destination as right-priced education - just takes a bit longer to recoup the initial outlay.

We mange many in Desert Shores/surrounding areas and they get A+ tenants and stay occupied.

@Mark HallWe've rolled our own building monitoring system, leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) which allows us to:monitor & control HVAC (thermostats, humidistats, etc);monitor moisture sensors (under basement subfloors, in catch pans under water heater storage tanks, laundry units, dishwashers);monitor motion sensors (attic hatches and other off-limits sections of the properties)remotely mange and control door locks (no going to the property at 03:00 for tenants who have locked themselves out; service technicians can be given one-time access codes)We are always playing with new ideas and adding new capabilities.

However, if you go in via a referral then it's not just your property they are connecting to your name it's also the person who referred you to properties they are connecting to your name (assuming that person has their property manged by the same company). 

It all comes down to being able to effectively mange the property and attract stable tenants.

I may consider hiring a management firm and pay them so much a month to mange.  

I have manged people and personality's always from manager to supervisor to owner in all my jobs, so I feel I should be pretty good at the landlord aspect of it.

Do you have a network of people to mange the project day-to-day?

Thanks for your responses @Rich Ng, @Brandon Ingegneri, and @Tim Lindstrom.

@Albert Ng  Curious who did you go with?