He will have a variety of answers to your questions.

Your automation metrics will depend on your scale.It's one thing trying to automate for around 10 doors vs 700 doors.

For the 4 plex you are spending an extra 80k in renovations (I question your 110k renovation number to get to 4 units - this could be low but I don't know the square footage or layout).

You have to know your areas well and understand how to screen.

Treat your family private lender like (or better than) any other private or HML: promissory note and lien recorded against the property.

The MTR industry has bit of a pull back but if you are priced well and your tenants are not putting much out for a SD than maybe look at the property features then.

(We use RingCentral, but you need scale to justify cost)We can do a quick review of your PM agreement, but we don't cohost.

Also the new owner has the advantage of screening their own tenants and signing leases at or above market rents.

about managing rentals before you start bleeding cash and ruining your life.

I gutted it and added new drywall, new light fixtures, new bathrooms, new paint, new kitchen, new furniture and new flooring and new windows.