I’d love to hear from fellow self-managing landlords about the biggest lessons you’ve learned along the way—whether it’s handling difficult move outs, maintenance strategies, or unique ways to streamline day-to-day operations.

I personally leverage, but have a large rainy day fund. 

If that's the case, you should be able to rate/term refinance at ~75% LTV with a DSCR loan, and with some interest-only basis, your payment will go to ~$850 (based on ROUGH pricing TODAY).

You can use a SQ FT format to guess rehab but that is only good to initially look at a deal.

I have positive feedback on them.The time between appraisal to notary signing is 10 days.

Investors typically want to stay within the original budget.The only way to do this is to stick to the plan and avoid COs!

The result is an immediate tax benefit in the year of disposition, reducing taxable income.Death Step-Up Basis: (bummer, you have to die for this benefit to kick in, but...) 

:Just found this thread here today and created an account to post.

Quote from @Brandon Vukelich: Question: why would you sell an asset that generates a profit today and will generate a more significant profit in the future?

Might want to check with a local attorney to verify.