Brett, managing syndications funded by other people's hard-earned capital is a serious responsibility and not a part-time job. 

CA doesn't have an extra $30b/$40b laying around to do that, not to mention the additional billion to actually do the project to be build ready. 

Unless you are planning on investing in your back yard and have extra time to spend, getting a good PM is very important.  

If you are paying an extra $1200 a year for something are unlikely to need, how much does a new roof cost? 

If I sense the buyer is cut from this fabric, I will negotiate extra hard against repairs to the extent they simply walk.

Six weeks into their program, I earned just over $50K. 

Although insulating the floor is a nice extra, it is not the primary way that cold gets into the house.

The goal is to minimize unnecessary usage and prevent extra costs, rather than blindly paying whatever bill comes in.

Something like a house hack, rent out extra bedrooms in your unit, rent by the room, mid term, short term rent the owner occupied unit on busy weekends (and go stay with friends/family)...get really scrappy.

It seems like you’d get at least an extra $100/mo and it would pay for itself.