Started in house with simple things doing the dishes every night, cutting excess spending and dialing in my personal finances.

The first pillar is a good insurance policy as that cover the majority of your exposure.

I would honestly recommend meeting with an experienced attorney and actually measuring out the risk/exposure you face and the different structures that are available, like the ones mentioned above.

So the ideal comp is a carbon copy of the subject, located next door, sold yesterday to a typical buyer with typical exposure time and no sales concessions, etc.Of course, in the real world, that is easier said than done! 

you will get 99% of the exposure just by listing it on zillow yourself... for free.

VALUE = The Degree of EXPOSURE & PROMOTIONPutting it on the MLS will get you a better offer without a doubt.

Just be aware of the exposure to the variable interest rate is all. 

Check with your mortgage company before you do this to make sure they will accept a BPO instead of requiring the property to be reappraised.If the BPO/appraisal comes back showing that you have 20% equity in your property, PMI can likely be removed.If you haven't done capital improvements in excess of 20% of your property value, but your home is still worth more than that based on current markets, you can always refi... but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that.

It has increased the liability exposure for self-managing landlords to a point where most probably should hire a professional property manager that stays up on the law changes. 

Those banks had their appetite with me due to me maxing out my exposure or me growing too fast for numbers to catch up.For the past 2 years I have been refinancing through non bank national lender - LendingOne.