Based on the info in your post, my recommendation would be to turn these assets into well oiled machines and max out their NOI.

I just try to see problems and correct them before it’s major.i do the same thing for machines at work my autos and my house.

You can also use a company online that will use a machine to “hand write” your letters or postcards, fill out the envelopes or postcard addresses, and apply the correct postage to them.

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego 

Im not running a profit generating machine.  

Now taht real estate has gone back to the good ole days of not being an appreciation machine and a good investor needs sound fundamentals in managing and overseeing the properties - now you are given the wave of "creative finance" which comes off as its easy to get a home but it will be interesting to see how these people are fairing in a few years of mismanagement of these assets. 

We have clients and investors on an almost daily basis, however, most of my wholesalers are from out of state so I am unable to give them a tour and share the machine of REI Nation.

So, if you have 10 units and you are going to pay $1,500 a month and you are working on an active income job, too, this is an easy switch due to the labor mentally and physically (even if it is just phone calls) to get these rentals running as a well-oiled machine.  

We want to buy an arcade machine for our STR that plays a bunch of different games.

At first, I splurged on all kinds of comforts and luxuries—things like high-end espresso machines and fancy decor that looked amazing in photos but ended up rarely being used.