You may or may not be the type of person that can handle having tenants live right next to you and constantly bugging you for stuff because you are right there.

I find the deal, I close the deal, and I am the one constantly planning, searching for properties, and reading.

But from there we constantly think of new things to add in our lease from our experiences.

Price is irrelevant to the question at hand, since when making a comparison of good sales skills/resources/abilities vs. not as good, one should assume "all else constant".

The programs available are in constant flux.

I was constantly confused.The first one is the hardest one.

Having access to the MLS for information for CMAs and other info is important - I'm constantly contacting me agent asking questions that only he can access via the MLS.

The advantages, for me, is that it represents an increased income stream sourcing from one single investment….

I spend ENTIRELY too much time stressing and doing administrative tasks i.e. confirming our (ridiculous number) of monthly bill payments, fixing administrative issues deriving from issues on the part of my bill payees (constant), things of that nature.

And of course, we can always refinance mid-stream and pull a nice chunck of equity out TAX-FREE.4.