That can skew the numbers the wrong way.

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

That first step is to get you outside your comfort zone so you can network and get help.

Hey Wei,If you can house hack, absolutely do it!

If they can do the job for that price, you should hire them immediately!

You can always search local tax records on your assessor's website. 

@Lucas Schlund not seeing oversaturation in Metro Detroit, but there is some up in the Traverse City area - which implemented STR controls.Yes, it's always a good idea to buy an STR property that you can at least break-even if you have to turn into an LTR. 

Assuming we're not interested in the same properties at the auction (there are quite a few), maybe we can work something out? 

I would consider selling a property to pay off the credit card debt.Maybe your husband can manage the STR listings and potentially do the cleaning.Best of luck

If it's during office hours, they can pick up a spare key for no charge.