Lendbase, as a "correspondent lender" basically shops for and lends other Lender monies.

Once you’ve got a little experience under your belt then you can attempt buildings that need more renovations/repairs or have had management issues.

Small shops with apartments above.

In total, including money lost from rent, legal fees, and repairs, the situation cost almost $30k.

Central A/C is damaged beyond repair and needed to be replaced, which can't be done economically or with coopperation of the HOA and other neiighboring owners.

As a PM, I'm authorized to make emergency repairs without owner permission.

You can create your own methods and one stop shop by creating your own leads.

Grocery stores, day care centers, parks, restaurants, shopping malls, distance to downtown, major highways, etc.

A CPA can ensure proper filing of rental income on Schedule E and help identify tax-saving strategies, such as optimizing deductions for maintenance, repairs, and travel.

We will shop for used appliances where we can when we need one… or pick up used cabinets if we can, or search eBay for something smaller,  but going to the extreme of personally shipping something big in internationally for one-off renovation needs seems like a stretch of reasonable.Just like you mention, the number of unknowns would not seem to be worth it to me.Just my 2 cents.Randy