I am looking to get a team together to start investing this year.I am a mechanical engineer working as a sales engineer in the Commercial HVAC industry for the sate of Indiana.  

All of our (me + wife) stuff is nice and we have above average rents.

After Rent - PITI + PM, I still make on average about $200 per month on each property which is $2,400 per year surplus, my rents on average are $1,200, so 10% repairs and 10% vacancy, that's $2,880, so probably no rude awakening. 

We ended up averaging the water bills over the the 8 months of the year where the sprinkler system wasn’t on.

I understand it might seem like a good idea skipping one and saving 6%.In my opinion a good realtor value is more than 6%, money we’ll spend..I emphasize in good realtor as in any industry there are bad and good Ive been fortunate enough to work with the best..

AirDNA shows you average nightly rents, what tops STR are and what amenities they have, average occupancy.

Nearly everyone has a social media profile https://www.statista.com/statistics/273476/percent...and they spend an average of 5 hours a day on their devices. https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/03/u-s-consumers-no...Now, someone can either look at this data and say, "nah, that will die soon." or "social media is terrible, it's ripping apart society", "social media will have no effect on business" or "con artists and marketing teams have figured out how easy it is to use social media against you" and leave it at that.

Do what most people don’t do if you don’t want an average life.

In return for the commitment and remarkable hustle I'm willing to put in, I expect to become a whale in this industry.

Originally posted by @Lane Kawaoka:A good article on SFH... mentioningLink: https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/single-family-rental/best-counties-buying-single-family-rentals-2018/Takeaways: 78% of owners are mom & pops that only one 1-2 rentals, SFH growth markets.The takeaway that most turnkey owners are mom & pop landlords with small rental portfolios mirrors my experience in the industry as well.