I haven't done this before, but am interested in learning, so I'm leaning towards giving it a go myself to start and falling back on a manager if it becomes too time consuming or annoying.2) Common fixesIs there anything I should fix, or make more resilient before renting?

I have been a Contractor for over 30 years and it is often hard to explain to consumers that the unlicensed and uninsured are not the good deal that they seem.

I thought it would go on this way for me forever.

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Chris, when I looked at margin rates for my brokerages (Fidelity/Wells Fargo/Sharebuilder/AMTD) they were all very high, like roughly 6%, and I'd like to use this as a form of longer term fixed financing, not short term line of credit.I already have a 250K HELOC @ 1.01% under prime which I can use for short term floats.I like the ability to take out a fixed 3.25% 12 year loan since I don't believe rates can stay this low forever.

It is the repair and maintenance activities that can consume considerable time.

The CA Dept of Consumer Affairs addresses the issue of replacement cost:"Suppose a tenant has damaged beyond repair an eight-year-old carpet that had a life expectancy of ten years, and that a replacement carpet of similar quality would cost $1,000.

Locally, we were told last week about a pending matter for exterior paint removal without proper certification or safety measures.Here is the link for the EPA published guide explaining the rule: http://epa.gov/lead/pubs/sbcomplianceguide.pdf Our understanding is that the EPA has spent the last year just catching up, and we are scheduled to be at a conference where the EPA will outline their plans to enforce compliance & educate the consumer to more adequately ensure compliance.

In no time I had a website up eagerly attempting to advertise properties that I didn't own to consumers.

You will have to do a lot of research on how to negotiate with banks, and it would be very time consuming.