Quote from @Brandon Tusing: Hello BP Community, I currently self manage my duplex and have amazing tenants. 

All North DFW has the highest appreciation while South DFW will be giving you the better cash flow.If this is your first rodeo, then I would suggest to be close home if you are also planning to self-manage.Then the age of the properties and access to highways.

Pre-approval for a mortgage and self-managing your first property can help you build momentum.Good luck!

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

And arguably I think most would prefer a management transfer period as well, I'd say 2yrs, because you've been self-operating so i don't want to fumble around int he dark to sort what "system" has been used.

Responding to a question about Political impacts and Self-Storage in a discussion.From a political standpoint, don't see a change in the stock market.

Showing a level of expertise to do something hard or exciting certainly piques the interest of a guy with money and no RE experience.We lived in Houston and self managed properties in Oregon and Maine that we snuck away to in the summer.

For someone who is self managing a portfolio of rentals, any recommendation for bookkeeping books?

It should be telling that not a single person is coming to Clayton's defense.

Self Storage.