All this time and energy spent vs picking up the phone, calling tenant and saying "Oh hey, curious where all this is coming from, kinda caught me by surprise".     

I find that listing very early attracts the best tenants.

I list on Zillow, primarily communicate with them over Zillow messages and then give our remote login code to enter the home. 2) Maintenance between tenants - This one will be tricky as I will have to transfer all utilities to my name and send multiple vendors to the house for getting the house rent ready.

I contacted an investor, but within a few hours they had already accepted another cash offer.With that said, as a REALTOR®, I need someone on my immediate contact list that can place a cash offer for a property that quickly.

can you drive for dollars 20 hours a week and make your own list and then spend the time calling or mailing it?

If you have inventory in your area that require renovations, distressed homes, outdated and you can pick it up for a good deal.

On the description of the Zillow listing, it states a tenant is in place at 1500 dollars a month.

Whats your selling/listing strategy for the fourplex?

The property is listed for $305,000 and he conceded an additional $15k down to $290k without me even saying anything.

Given the appreciation and my current equity position, I'm probably going to list and sell it this year so that I can pull the equity and roll it into something larger and/or multiple properties.