In general I would say that if you are comfortable with bookkeeping, do a good job screening, you have a property in good condition, and you take the time to properly educate your tenant on communication and maintenance procedures, expectations of both parties, and responsibilities, you'll have no problem self managing 1 duplex on your own with very little time dedication.Typically you will probably spend 15-20 min a month on bookkeeping and entering transactions, and that is about it.

The question is, do you as an owner want to get the work done properly, quickly quickly, and efficiently, or are you more concerned with an itemized invoice?

for each deal they could make an 3 to 7k assignment.. with the proper backing they are making 20 to 30k per same lead by actually being a real real estate investor. what happens in many of these wholesaling / assigning contract hot spots is the competition as you state is fierce and people going around them  or they cant get it closed in time because they have no money etc.  

Looks like OP has a poorly done repair to a product that easily deteriorates when not properly installed or maintained.

Usually there are COO inspections that check for working and proper placement of smoke detectors.  

Proper Insurance has been a great partner for us, except, they will be dropping us due to high fire risk for our mountain cabin property. 

And that $3K invested properly today may knock a month off how long you have until retirement.

Afraid of running quick numbers on biggerpockets, buying a property, and not having the proper tracking system on the follow up (everything on the financial side).Thank you for the help, have a great weekend!

They simply make sure you're going through the proper steps and meeting the proper deadlines.

We found that the auto gill with backflow preventer piece was broken upon turning it in this year, so tank is not filling properly.