@Jacqueline Lee I'll 1 up what @Evan Polaski mentioned....Each jurisdiction and city is going to be slightly different, but at the surface there is generally slightly more paperwork to get your property approved and into the system, but once you get it up and running and the first tenant in there, its generally straight forward to get the rent increases etc.A good place to start would be your local housing authority, they may even offer "Landlord" classes to understand the system more.  

Unrepresented buyers, how has this increased your unique leverage approaching without an agent?

Its like its football and its 4th down and you need 1/2" for a first down, keep it simple and run it up the middle.

If you asked me 5+ years ago where house prices would be in some of the areas where I have rentals, I never would have guessed how quickly they increased and are now double what they were. 

In simple language, money costs money.

You would be increasing the amount of work you have to do for the exact same yield.

Very simple honestlyA lot of people when they want to get started, find youtube and everyone on youtube will tell them to start driving for dollars door knocking, finding buyers, etc. etc.

The shorter the prepayment term has an impact on increasing the rate.4.

They’ve secured low rates and rapid equity increases due to the last few years of Fed/gov intervention.   

Preferably the one or two properties with the lowest values so you can increase the overall average for the value of the property.