However in my market if I try to Airbnb the second half of a duplex I'll sink in 2 weeks with terrible reviews saying "there were other people living in this house don't stay here it's not private"  I've only gleaned vacation rental wisdom from clients second hand, so take this with a grain of salt, but what I've heard is that if you emphasize all the bad things right in the listing (next to the good things, of course), then you only get people who do not care about those bad things, and that often solves the problem.

I'll re-emphasize the not biting off more than you can chew.

Account Closed As for the website, I guess its extremely emphasized haha. 

I also went to college, not that it is mandatory, and I got a business degree that emphasized real estate.  

(And want to emphasize that -- the folks more knowledgeable than I am who spend time to answer questions and lend their experience are what makes the Bigger Pockets community useful.

I can’t emphasize this point enough.

@James Wise gave a lot of solid tips.I also can't emphasize enough how critical the PM is for out of state investing.

He teaches everything single-family but emphasizes owner finance techniques.

The other option is renewal at a lower increase, say 2% or 3%, but requires that they send in the enclosed form by a specific deadline (usually within two weeks) agreeing to sign new lease based on the lower increase terms; if form is not returned or not returned in time, the default is the automatic renewal based on the bigger increase - and my renewal letter emphasizes this.

But that to me is not investing, but rather a full-time job without much income from passive activities.Bill Gulley Thanks Joe for re-emphasizing that the scale-able system is one which uses leverage, and that's the drawback of low-end homes: banks won't finance or refinance them.