Yea I mean obviously I would sacrifice higher "paper" return for actual return and less headache, but I'm just starting out in this world of RE and I don't have a large capital base to be able to buy a bunch of nice properties.

In Washington County, Maryland, if my Lease Contract says all charges owed are considered rent, if my tenant paid their base rent but not maintenance fees and water bills owed, can i file against the tenant for failure to pay rent?

Based on your question it is way better to just hire PMC.

In addition, the deals will be based on long-term rental outlook, but we are going to see how a mid-term rental strategy pans out for the higher cash flow in the short term.

I’m a Houston based builder.

@Rick Albert That is a great idea, the problem I am having in CA is that the lenders I’ve spoken with have told me I don’t qualify for a necessary loan amount based on my income, even if I were to do a house hack.

I was recently informed that there are portfolio lenders that don't do a credit check, don't require an appraisal (possibly BPO), or tax returns, etc and are truly asset based.

If they report to the credit bureaus it will affect your DTI as your DTI is calculated based on what's on your credit report compared to your income.

Basically to buy a property below market value, add value/equity, rent, and refinance, however, I do want to draw out a lot of my capital or leave at most 20-30k in the property (or whatever the more experienced people think). 

If you are not getting any traffic, it is usually a pricing issue based on what I have read on this forum.