A good manager will handle everything from marketing to maintenance and tenant screening, saving you time and stress.Vendors and LandscapingBuilding a team of dependable vendors—like landscaping companies, contractors, and insurance agents—is critical.

Hi Nick, it depends on your goals and what you're looking for.

This doesn't come cheap--these folks were making high six to seven figures depending on volume.We focused on lending to professional real estate investors--so our customers were frequent repeat borrowers. 

Alternatively, I have spent the last decade doing technical work in cybersecurity, and can land a job between $140k-$190k (depending on where in the US). 

How much depends on what you do for a living.

It depends.

However, this rule is more property- or activity-specific and can be easier to meet than the 750-hour rule, depending on your portfolio size and involvement level.

Your account structure depends on your goals for growth and if you plan to self-manage or hire a PM.

Alternatively, take the average of what utilities were the last year - divide by 12 to get a monthly average price and add that into the rent based on square footage (you may be able to do this depending on market rents). 

Depending how much of the neighborhood is a hot zone for renting rather buying, and which Property type is performing better than the other (meaning 1bd 1ba 2 floor renting out faster and much more consistently than a 2bd 1ba 1 floor), you can make your choice of those factors as well as other ones that impact your decision for what you wanna do with your investment.