I suppose they are happy.then you have others that drive 100k cars and those car's are sitting the parking lot of the apartment they rent..Or buy really nice cloths and Jewelry... take great trips etc etc.its whatever floats your boat.for me it was airplanes I bought my first one when I was 25.. 5 planes later and a few million bucks .. could I have done better with real estate NO doubt never made a dime on any plane just spent big money on them.. but you can't take away the satisfaction of the ability to run down to the airport jump in my plane and in 3 hours be 750 miles away from where I live either doing business or some other neat adventure... would other people find the joy in this that I do  ... some yes.. some hell no.. they would think its a total waste of money.

Shannon and I both shouldn't always have to be prepared on a dime to drop what we are doing because it happens to fit your schedule.

Don't pay another dime until the contractor finishes. 

Maybe they just don't want to be given the runaround by experienced buyers who put a property under contract at a satisfactory price, then try to nickel and dime the seller down to a low price after inspection.There's a house locally that has been under contract twice in the last month and gone back up for sale. 

It's a win-win.When stuff needs to be fixed, I don't nickel and dime my tenants.

I only lost a few thousand.. but those other BP investors who were doing their first deals .. lost it ALL every dime.  

I thought I was getting a good deal when they offered 6% of income and I negotiated down to 5%.Now I am being nickeled and dimed to death, dealing with a very disorganized company, terrible marketing strategy which result in 5 months (cumulatively between teo properties) and poor decisions being made from the property management company to solve tenants problems costing more money than it should.Needless to say, very poor experience and I am less than pleased.Before hiring this company I was managing them myself from in the area and didn't have many issues other than dealing with an older home with the occasional call to the handyman when my time was spread thin and honestly felt like it was possible to do from afar but didn't want to risk issues down the road and wanted a TRULY passive experience.Here is my current situation:I live in chicagoTwo single family rentals in Wisconsin One condo rental in chicagoOne single family rental in Louisville KYWorking on another rental in chicago currently Is it worth it to hire someone near me to manage from afar and develop contacts such as a handy man in the respective areas to manage?

Better loose another months rent, then to let a tenant in your rental that NEVER pays you a dime.

It wouldn't cost too much more to hire a property manager and they would do all the work for you.There are services available for screening that won't cost you a dime or require any effort on your part.

I have not made a dime in almost a year and am getting frustrated.