I had another skilled handyman (Specializes in tile, but does other stuff as well) do the rest.A simple bathroom for a rental property should cost you around $5k-$7k in SE or MW. 

A lot of the areas in South County that boarder SE DC are sort of risky with a crime element.

You are already not Paying SE tax on the GP for property management. if you create an LLC just to manage the property and get paid for that via LLC, the income is taxed for SE since LLC is in the business of PM. 

An architect and SE hold different licenses.

There is a very wide variance in Cleveland Park and SE.

That will be the same as parts of SE DC on the east/south side of the river.PG county though is very tenant friendly.  

You have to do a cost benefit analysis on how much you save in SE tax vs. the additional administrative costs. 

All of our MTRs are 2BR+ and higher priced, so we're not seeking traveling nurses per se.

His model is not exactly what we are talking about here per se but much of the approach applies to much of what you can be dealing with.

Vacancy itself not an expense per se, but unrealised revenue.