TurboTax or other tools may be able to fill out the forms for you, but as soon as you wander away from a basic routine you're much more on your own for knowing what to put where.

The property manger takes care of the routine day-to-day stuff, but you reserve to yourself the final decision on the major management decisions.

I know first hand, it is not like that and RE, just like anything else is a long term wealth tool.Lastly, I can understand why someone local would look at what we are doing with a raised eyebrow as we brought a new business model to town and those who do not understand the model will by nature be suspicious. 

Now you've just bought yourself a regular route in your weekly routine, so you better get something close to you.

Most are routine purchase and rehab projects with enough profit to support the loan amount at 100% LTC, e.g. 100k purchase, 20k rehab, 160k ARV, per lender underwriting standards.  

Yes, tax deeds are better for buy-and-hold but not for wholesaling or for retailing (although we routinely do this but only because we know what we're doing).

Aloha,Renting rooms is fairly routine, but does require some additional planning and effort.

If you want to put in the work to acquire off-market deals by yourself then more power to you, however, it's best advised to work with someone who sources deals routinely and has their systems in place, aka a wholesaler or investor-focused real estate agent. 

If you are in a really hot location a setback on the thermostat is what you probably need, not routinely shutting it down. 

Personally, I would create a routine around the test taking experience.