.✅ Stronger Tenant Relationships – Being involved directly allows you to build rapport with your tenants, which can lead to better communication and longer leases.Cons of Self-Managing❌ Time-Consuming – Dealing with maintenance requests, late-night emergencies, and tenant disputes can quickly become a second job.❌ Legal Risks – Chicago has strict landlord-tenant laws.

For instance, and in brief only using one concept (not meant to be the full list of criteria), a rural property has a population restrictions and proximity to Metropolitan Service Areas ("MSA" - think big city area) as some restrictions.

We were able to get a full assessment with suggestions to improve the terrain and building in order to support fire prevention.

Never a Bad Time?

The world really is out there for you, but to be a winner you'll need to suffer if you aren't starting out with a pot full of money.

there are times in every cycle for certain strategies. 

For our flooded location luckily we had full coverage.  

Amateur investor/full time agent here. 

(Not that I've known what that feels like for a long time...) 

My question to y'all good folks: Do you know of, or can you recommend, a company or brokerage that deals in property management in California that I could work for full-time and learn everything there is to know?