This is a single private sewer line that runs down the middle of the houses, and each house connect to it.

In the markets we deal in, numbers can kill deals that would be home runs elsewhere but a 2x4 costs about the same in both (just the sales price does not support a rehab that would be middle of the road in a place like CA.

these investors were all chasing easy OOS cash flow:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1010977-12-00...if you're serious on investing in an OOS market i'd pick one, get to know it, go to it in person, and build a team, and then determine what would you need to do to get a good return in that market. 

Will be running number on the all these options to see which is better. 

Class A properties can almost auto-run themselves, but Class C/D properties can take a LOT of time.At one point I was self-managing 25 Class A & B properties and could do it despite working 60 hours a week at my day job.

They were selling on pro forma, but the market and the debt market have shifted, and it's aa lot harder to achieve higher pricing with lower rents.We've purchased over 2,000 units, and the simple answer to the question is that they are either mom and pops and run their businesses with ZERO KPIs, they do not want to risk losing tenants if they raise rents, and they don't treat their asset as a business.When you take over, it can be difficult to get rents to market if they are very suppressed.

But, we do have them and we are an extremely well-run company. 

Besides frozen pipes in the winter, there's also sump pumps that if not running, could flood a basement and cause major mold damage. 

You still need to be involved and watch your property manager to ensure things are running well, but that takes less time than self-managing.

Look at what things cost, what things rent out for, and run the numbers.