I was lost in the darkness but now I am found, I was blind but now I see.

They recommend about 15 different growing, cash-flow markets and vet all the turn-key affiliates so that I am not going into a market 'blind'--all of their affiliates also have property managers in-house or partnered. 

This is the disadvantage of the hired property managed portfolio - owners are blind to what is actually going on.I, like you, enjoy performing the work on the properties. 

You will always have to sign personally, just move it into a blind land trust post closing.

I think you shouldn't go in blind so that you know what to expect. 

The big difference that I saw was in how you market to potential investors, if you are playing in the usual real estate lender/investor space, they may be leery of lending to a blind pool that does not have a specific property.You could take the semi-blind pool position where you give them a model deal(s) that will fit into a theoretical box even though you do not have a specific deal yet. 

It was in good condition, just needed cleaning and replacement of blinds.

This is not comparable to the rent increase someone suggested because as a LL we give 30/60/90 day notices before an increase; not showing up with a new lease with changes to price and terms without notifying the tenant and hoping they blindly sign it without noticing. 

While the official constable office will not want to send an officer to "have this little talk" with your tenant, the individual constables are not well paid, many are part time, and the constable office turns a blind eye toward individual deputies earning a few extra bucks on the side.  

But this is quite unique most don't have the internet presence that Morris did or the skill to manipulate pod cast audiences and then get such blind devotion to his model.. its really something.