Self-managed are also horrible raising rents each year.   

Northern suburbs are growing but can have horrible commutes into downtown.

Some places look like horrible locations for air b n b but there booked and look profitable.

Unless you have a horrible credit history, you should be able to find better deals. 

The hard part about starting out is that things are either going GREAT or HORRIBLE because you only have a single unit or a few units.

The place isn't horrible in terms of cleanliness or disrepair.

And do Not take their “free” title insurance if you have the option to pay for your own.....theirs are typically incomplete searches and any unrecorded liens (code violations, utilities, etc) will become yours.Be prepared for horrible, incompetent communications from hubzu.

"I've been doing it this way for 30+ years" is a horrible excuse because 1) she may have been doing it wrong for the last 30 years, and 2) standards of practice change over time and she obviously hasn't changed with them.

I currently use Park Jones for my property there and it has been a horrible experience for the last year or so, I strongly advise against them.

It helped me make my first purchase in 2021 in Florida when I was deployed in Afghanistan and FYI, I never saw the property, my real estate agent burned me, my real estate agent gave me horrible references, and I still came out on top because of BP.