NEVER give anyone the keys until you have all move in fees, money due you in your hands and utilities (if they are to pay them) placed in their names.24.

We have some unique hybrid plans for unique/smaller portfolios...really the goal is to always make it a win win and essentially make sure by adding management it will increase revenue that exceeds cost or of course free up owners time to be 100% hands off.

The listing has been pulled and I got some valuable first hand information from my tenant about occupancy rates, who the tenants are and length of stay.

Hit them up. looks like your interest in this you should get a book on aviation short hand.. some pretty cool stuff there  like Tod is not a name its Top of Decent point... and so on and so forth there are bout 200 of those.. over the years you pretty much get to know them all.. 

On one hand, I am willing to be cramped in the small house for another two years while we get our investing started.

Holly Nielsen If you had $10k in hand and you lived in FL would you buy a rental in Cleveland?

M2M on the other hand provides real control as opposed to having faith in tenants.

With the market being the way it is, there are usually a handful of reps from the various hard money lenders standing there with a big folder of checks ready to buy almost anything in sight.

Vast majority of folks i've encountered are regular Joe's who have a handful (or less) of properties.

Bite the hand that feeds you and you starve!