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

For instance if this is a $10M portfolio that's levered with loans totaling $9.1M, there's no equity that can be pulled but if this is a $1M portfolio with $100K of debt, its a different story.

Seems like you just totally ignore my post.

His comment was to get a better process and do not rely on others.

I totally understand and acknowledge the idea of investing where you currently live. 

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

I'd deduct this before accounting for your total cash flow. 

The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon.

You can also see total loan exposure, every loan ever pulled, every property ever owed, every co-signing partner from every project, permits, etc... 

Even the STR guru here on BP "Short term rental, long term wealth" - they all but rely on self-managing.