stuff like that all advice is greatly appreciated    

Why I don't do any of that stuff.

We advertised it as a "bonus room/ office" and I think that helped attract the right applicants (they were not expecting a 3 bedroom apartment and then arriving to find out it was only 2 beds with an awkward bonus room).  

Or get a job at a title company such as Stewart, Land Title, Superior Title, etc as they all heavily work with investors and are often hiring.I've heard of so many side hustles that beginning investors have done--Uber, flipping free stuff or cars, fiverrr/taskrabbit gigs...

It has become my main motivator for learning so much about real estate investing the last 1-2 years.Where I'm at now is I feel like I'm missing out on other stuff I could be doing to achieve my goals.

I don't believe it's possible to cover every possible contingency on what can go wrong, but I also don't believe in adding contingencies as I've been around long enough to see people be sued in other arenas for all kinds of dumb stuff that isn't warranted but is allowed. 

Curious how you arrived already at Phoenix and Tempe while skipping over some other areas.   

Listing, optimizing, customer relations, cleaning and a whole lot of other stuff are involved. i would like to connect with you to see how I can be of assistance to you.

All good stuff, except their offerings are much more limited than a Banker and a Broker. 

I've co-owned property with family for nearly a decade while also doing tech stuff while living in the Bay.Currently focusing my efforts on house hacking via tenants in common (aka house hacking with friends) and have also been looking in SF and Tahoe.Happy to connect sometime if you're up for it.