I am a self-managing investor in Buffalo and frequently mentor newbies or out of area investors.

@Russell Brazil posts about this frequently - better to do repairs yourself and hold in escrow than have seller do it as you never know how well it’s done.

I am based out of NYC, but am currently active in the WNC market and I travel down quite frequently so would be interested in attending in-person events as well.

Contractors are frequently working multiple jobs - and if they know you are out of town investors - how much priority is your job to them, versus meeting with other customers for their next job or finishing people who have their eyes on them.  

The difficult thing is they are frequently changing the paperwork/ process without telling people.

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You also want to be sure they communicated frequently and openly with investors.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

It seems to me that this would help to improve cash flow on a more frequent incremental basis rather than having to wait until a unit is fully paid off.what are your thoughts as to the pros, cons, and things to think about here?

If you can keep the amount of physical possessions you own to a smaller amount it will make the frequent moves easier.