The property manger takes care of the routine day-to-day stuff, but you reserve to yourself the final decision on the major management decisions.

You may also be able to classify certain repairs as "Routine Maintenance."

You may have enough income to pay routine expenses like mortgage, taxes, insurance, and utilities, but that does not account for vacancy, and unexpected expenses.

An even bigger issue is that Zillow routinely misses evictions and criminal charges that a quick docket search in the locations listed in in the credit report turns up.

I doubt I spend even 2k a year on repairs for all my houses combined.Of course, when a tenant moves out there are possible carpet and painting expenses which I don't consider repair expenses rather a routine maintenance expense.

Beyond that, most people are in their routine all the way to the 11th hour, and immediately the day after.

If it is a owner occupied, then get an independant valuation from an appraiser and try to negotiate with the agent the best price possible.I routinely get 10 to 20 percent off the BPO as do others, so you should be able to gauge how well your doing by securing an appraisal report.

The reason I ask is that I am a 62 year-old white lady who routinely pokes around properties that are for sale in predominantly black neighborhoods, without any of the paperwork this man had.

Mix up your routine so you're not at the same place daily. 

"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying." - Jean Paul Getty"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." - Dale Carnegie"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain