Trying to Scale Solo.The Myth of Doing Everything YourselfWhen I first got into real estate, I thought I had to:✅ Find the deals✅ Secure financing✅ Handle renovations✅ Manage tenants✅ Deal with maintenance✅ Track every dollarI figured, “If I want to maximize my profits, I need to do it all myself.”Sound familiar?

Hard money, private money, joint ventures, even lines of credit secured against existing assets—there’s a ton of capital out there looking for strong operators.

Do you raise for your reserves and capex, or do you hope your cash flow will cover it? 

Thank you for putting it out there and potentially saving someone else in the future. 

find a strategy that is repeatable and duplicatable and gets your money back.

What markups do you think they may be hiding from you?

What makes a property manager actually worth it— having more freedom, peace of mind, saving money, reducing risks, or something else entirely?  

I have made up my mind that I want to be in the real estate game. 

From what I hear it is low, but still there.Keep in mind your loan will likely get sold, so you need to do more due diligence other than what a loan officer is telling you.

Nice idea, but if you can convert it to gas/propane, I would do that.