In each category, note how much you are bothered or stressed on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 = not bothered at all and 5 = stressed out: Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Unit turnover Exterior maintenance Advertising for available units Deferred capital expenditures Tenant screening rules Plumbing or electrical emergencies Tenant selection / discrimination rules Mortgage payments Documenting move-in conditions Bookkeeping and bill paying Documenting ongoing conditions Taxes and insurance premiums Dealing with tenant complaints Risk of late payments or non-payments Dealing with neighbor complaints Risk of property damage or vandalism Mold, termites and rodents Premises liability Interior maintenance Evicting tenants If your completed table has mostly 1s and 2s, then congratulations—you are a happy landlord!

This is the first time I’ve had such few inquiries, and my research suggests Zillow might be selectively prioritizing certain properties, like the lowest-priced ones.

I’ve got my tenant side under market rent because we hand select the tenant for that side.

If I want to instead make it so that my parents' names are exclusively on the mortgage (without mine), I'm wondering if a sale is the only way to go (the loan is not assumable) or if it's feasible to refinance to get their names onto the mortgage with me, then refinance again to get my name off of it in a year or two. 

If you have a class C plus or maybe low B area, you can screen to select the best or top end of tenants in the program. 

As I've experienced in my own career, selecting a broker with a proven history of successful transactions ensures a smoother and more profitable sale.

What are the metrics for determining site selection?

After the framework is filled out, our acquisitions team will start curating a selection of homes specifically for you to choose from.

(which I feel like a couple of these other comments talking negatively didn’t at all) If you just show up, they basically hold you by the hand in terms of market selection, deal analysis, financing, design, setup, the listing, pricing strategies, management, etc.

The time period you select is whatever you are comfortable with.