If you think a professional is expensive, just wait and see how much it will cost you by hiring an amateur (yourself).

Another good title would be "Amateur Landlord Risks His Business for Freeloader".Mike

Fixing and flipping is easy finding a stream of deal separates the pros and amateurs.  

As a VERY small time amateur investor, yes, I do have a small portfolio of cryptocurrencies.

My apologies for this but philosophically speaking, only the insecure companies that lack performance would get upset and their panties in a tangle over my post lolFacts are factsPoor online presence with amateur websites.Poor online reviews from landlords and tenants.Even jail time for committing government fraud.Toledo has seen quite a bit of these shady operations over the years and is notoriously known for some bad actors.For example, just going through a scenario now where a landlord is transferring 10 properties to us from an "established" PM in town and they are providing us with wrong tenant info and aren't paying monies owed to the landlord...And these guys are "born and bread" locally and have been in the PM business much longer than us.Off the top of my head I know of 4 such PM companies in Toledo.When someone wants to leave our PM company, we happily and quickly abide to any request made.If you can find and do better elsewhere, who am I to stop it.I have the same mindset not just in business but in personal relationships.Not saying all are incompetent and I believe the newcomers to be genuine.But standing the test of time will tell.Here is to a great 2023 for all 🙏Wishing everyone much success 

I think this thread does show though that Clayton's podcast has brought a large influx of newbies/amateurs (myself included) into BP and interest into REI in general. 

HI Gennaro - the journey is long, capital intensive, and not for amateurs.

FSBO with crooked and blurry photos from a cell phone a one-sentence ad scream amateur who doesn't know what he/she is doing.For rent, Realtor.com.

I'm an amateur at it, but they turn out pretty good and "pop" much more than a simple point and shoot camera.I'm using:Nikon D7000AF-S Nikkor 12-24mm 1:4GPhotomatix Pro (to merge the HDR shots)Adobe Lightroom for photo editing.This house was shot with my camera http://wheelhouseproperties.com/2013/01/1666-n-ridge-circle/This house was shot by a prohttp://wheelhouseproperties.com/2012/01/4435-e-oxford-lane/I quit using the pro to save costs.

I'm not saying you shouldn't have a domain like that... in fact it might be a very good one, but you're not going to put that domain on a business card and definitely not on a bandit sign.Because domains are pretty cheap I think it makes sense to have a professional one with your company name, a keyword rich one and maybe something shorter that easily fits on advertising.Disclaimer: I am by NO means an SEO expert, probably not even an SEO amateur yet.