While on the other hand, I try to be hands-on on the maintenance - for the following reasons:1.

Because the commissions in property management are so low agents only help us fill about 0% - 5% of our units, we fill the other 95% - 100%.

This requires us to do periodic "maintenance inspections" and we keep an eye out for rental agreement violations at the same time.Hope this helps!

For rehab, credit cards and home depot/lowes credit can help.Does the Rehab have to be done upfront? 

@Mohammed Milord I have some saved up initially but then save up each month my cash reserves as they come in from my Vacancy allowance, CapEx, and Maintenance Allowance that I have allowed for when I purchased the property.

Every super low-end property managment company in Akron: Ceilings, walls, trim, everything.

If it's important to be near the Bay area then maybe consider the Tahoe Reno, NV market because it's only a few hours away if you need to go to the office and it offers a landlord friendly environment, low property taxes, and no state income tax.

Then, they have low ACH limits, you can ask them to increase them though. 

I come in and make low ball offers within a couple hours after I walk the properties with the listing agents if I like the houses.

We were looking in Baltimore City, Maryland.My concern is that with a low FHA down payment, the monthly mortgage amount is going to be higher than it would be at 20%, and even when we get tenants in the units, the cash flow will be fairly small.