-Decide between fixer-uppers, which offer customization and appreciation potential but require more work, or turn-key properties, which provide immediate rental income with minimal effort.Hiring a Property Manager:-A property management company ensures efficient marketing, tenant screening, rent collection, and maintenance.

The insurance company allows an additional 25% increase in cost; but we all know after a hurricane it will most likely be way more than 25%

@Michael Plaks Honored to me mentioned by you, especially in such esteemed company!

Yeah one of the mailer companies I talked to was telling me it takes about 1000 letters to get anything (rei print mail), they were pricey to for just being postcards. 

I’m planning to update and repaint, maybe increase rent on one side to 3000-3100 while I live in another unit and replenish to legalize garage space.Monthly payment: $7033. landlord pays for water, everything else is separate.It just feels very tight in the beginning before getting ADU gets legalized. 

@Cameron Daste15 or 30 year mortgage it won't make a difference. if you buy the house for $200K and have a down payment of $50K then your loan is $150K. after renovations you sell the house for $250K then the title company pays off your old note (loan) for you and then you get a check for the $100K

If it were me, I'd plan on a junk company coming at least 2-3 times. 

Boston and the immediate surrounds are still the employment capital of the region and people are enduring longer and longer commutes for the opportunity to work in the colleges, hospitals, pharma companies and financial district of Boston / Cambridge.I wonder if there's a practical limit. 

I guess I just harken back on one of my investor partners who sold his garbage company for about 75 million to waste management..

I have narrowed it down to RP Capitol (Ron Phillips) and Memphis invest as turnkey/semi turnkey companies.