Not a mom & pop but a big time company with professional ads, marketing, administrative staff etc....Let them handle all the nonsense and churn that is natural in the construction trades. 

Additionally, their professional staff pin point the most viable neighborhoods for both optimum rental income and home equity growth, partner you with experienced local real estate experts and once you take ownership of your chosen property, they take care of everything from furnishings to placing quality tenants to hands on property management.  

I tell investors that Zillow recently laid off staff and today employs about 300 people - and not one of them is walking the streets of Memphis or Dallas to help determine the value of properties.

NO at all appropriate for out of area investors unless your going to go very large and can afford to hire your own staff for PM and maintenance and your own security detail.

I was selling your future.I do not think anyone except large companies with on-staff economists and analysts can predict rental rates, interest rates and cap rates, or sales prices in 5 years, and often THEY are wrong.

This will be my first assignment as a staff physician out of residency, and while the workload seems very manageable/light from what I've heard, I am not sure if I would have the ability to do a live in flip.

If you wanted a Google Adwords campaign to run world wide, those keywords will cost you a fortune everytime someone clicks on your link if you want to be at the best position of that keyword search.

I have acquired a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and my Masters of Science in Social Work, Management, Leadership, and Community Planning (MLCP), which provides me the knowledge of organizational management, staff recruitment and training, policy and budget analysis.

Council Member Leslie Pool proposed the last amendment of the evening, which asks staff to lower fees on Type 1 STRs and raise fees on Type 2 STRs in a way that is revenue neutral (the exact fees have yet to be worked out).

You have to consider the total package, including the cash received on exiting the investment.A well run in-house maintenance staff can cut related costs 50% An owner/operator that has little knowledge of the various systems of their structures will suffer tremendous long term expenses as a result of deferred items and/or high costs of contractors.