Between the two of us, we are pretty involved in real estate.

And if it were set up where everything went through a title company so the buyer pays the title company, they manage the buyer's loan (from me), and the title company ensures my mortgage is paid without my direct involvement... what parts of the transaction would feel risky or not worth the headache to you? 

The requirement to do this generally involves an experienced GC signing on the borrowing entity as a 20+% owner thus making them a signatory on the loan and responsible for the debt which in most cases is not very easy to find.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Much like by the end of this decade, I will take those same steps to become even less involved with work and have more times with my kids who will be really developing and that will be my focus.The difference once I made money, and was able to make it make money for me I de-risked by eliminating leverage.

When I involved booking (after 2 eeeks of calls) they finally documented the missing fob and sent a request for the guest to return it.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Personally, I would never invest in a place I didn't even visit and also meet/interview the people who would be involved (agent, manager, contractor, etc.)

There is a lot of training involved, it takes months (up to 2 years), and they usually like to start them off as puppies.

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