You need to set some criteria to help identify your "quality deal."

One meter reading for all usage or like some small communities a set price for each occupied home?

I recommend renting it as a 4/4 and being clear about the set up. 

Which I know from being in other business that that does not look good to clients if I have to cancel showing or if I don’t show for showing and pay someone else to show my house I think you can pull it off as long as you set expectations properly with clients upfront and especially if you’re working with people you already know, like other fire fighters for example will be fine with your unpredictable schedule.

I love that this boiler room clown, Dutch "da loser" Mendenhall, titled his book Money Shackles then used it to put himself on the road to a real set of shackles.

It sounds like we didn't do a good job of setting expectations with you on the front end.

That said, I wanted to share my story about how I found an out-of-state property, got it rented, and set it on autopilot.BackgroundI’m in my late 20s, living in a very high cost of living city and working in tech.

I suggest that you set clear goals and determine the types of properties you wish to pursue.

Quote from @Beth Johnson: @Marina Wong No. we just charge the servicing set-up fee at close.

The limit on scaling is your deal flow (mine never was that good) and time it takes to perform the value add (I got fairly quick for example, my last rehab did all new plumbing, electrical, and flooring.