He is making it but the margins are tight - he has to pay his master lease rent and then the Air BnB cut.

At some point it has to become cut & dry, whatever you do.  

Do your own research by checking out your competition.There are no short cuts in this business...at least none that are any good...

I am a Registered Nurse and have cut back my hours to focus on real estate with the goal of being able to quit my current job and have a full time REI business!

@Bob Stevens That's awesome you are able to be that profitible on very low cost cleveland properties and owning a management company likely helps cut your management costs, most investors will be looking at 4-10% total returns when buying cash in typical US markets which is similar to an index fund.

Whatever expenses there are are cut in half and in exchange so are my profits.

Probably because I legit LOVE what I do, I really do.Now, a very key point, I'm not a Top-Producer because I specialize in REI and that's extremally unique itself to be one of the legit few, I slay because I have a passion for what I do, I get jacked-up about negotiating DOWN a great buy to make it a ridiculously awesome buy even though it cut's my commissions down, because I'm a sick-twisted addict who can't stop my thrill of the hunt, lol.

Think how fast your PM could fix your DOM if you said you didn’t like the high #  they cut your rent 10% and boom they have approved applicants 2 days after listing.

Solar panels definitely add a level of complexity for realtors, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as "they're good" or "they're bad".  

I am recently divorced and paying both spousal and child support, so my income has been cut roughly in half.