So you lose out on someone buying a building in a B area with less cashflow but over time, he will have accumulated a portfolio of buildings with a lot more cashflow than your single, high maintenance, time consumming building.

I like to think of location grades as a kind of risk score similar to what a FICO score or bond rating is to a consumers creditworthiness or bond default risk. 

Post everything up on social media , call the news station consumer advocate,send copies to the broker .

Cap and hang pvc is not time consuming what so ever.

I absolutely loved the process but also realized how exhausting and time consuming it would be to do everything by myself while holding onto a full time job.

I search and consumed everything I could on that subject, found some GREAT 'providers' who took time to answer newbie questions even though they can not directly promote themselves, and eventually picked one to use and it has been great. 

Consumers attempting to "pre-underwrite" themselves is a tree that bears no fruit.

Licensed contractors carry liability insurance, workers comp insurance and are bonded (requirement in state of CA) which helps protect you as the consumer.

I have consumed tons of knowledge with regards to RE investing in the past couple of months.

The house will be a time consuming and costly turnover which we are trying to avoid as long as possible.