I recently hired a cleaning lady who does a fantastic job and that alone has taken away so much stress.

Completing work on a tight time window can be stressful, and it is difficult for a newbie to estimate labor hours needed for a project!

There are some “shared driveways” that are essentially shaped like a “T” and reduce the buyer pool considerably, which in turn reduces the value of the property.

Have you ever been in my situation and found a way to reduce out-of-pocket cost?

Little background on where I'm at: I currently live in San Francisco working a well paying but stressful W-2.

The amount of money that you "lose" during that time is usually minimal and chasing after it isn't worth the stress that it causes.  

It'll be hard to sell as well which reduces potential appreciation.

There's an issue on the ballot to significantly reduce STR licenses and move to a lottery system.

Return on Equity-Speculating on price increases is a lot less stressful when you have significant cash flow-Renting to Section 8 tenants was not an issue to us at all Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Some I know would have won bid, I see home reduce price a week later.I want to become my own RE agent.How difficult is it to find a firm to attach to, when they know I'm just working as RE agent for myself?