I managed the rentals myself up until early this year when I hired a property management firm in order to get some free time back, have some backup so I can go on vacations again,  and in response to the hostile political environment towards landlords in seattle.My long term plan with REI is to get to a large enough door count such that with sufficient equity the net cash flow is enough to live on comfortably  (which I would define as matching my current gross software engineer's salary).    

I’ve asked the same questions here and have had no response from others who do itCould it be the returns are so good that anyone who is doing it doesn’t want to ‘let the cat out of the bag’?

Who is responsible for paying property taxes and insurance?

@Ken Rishel, thanks for the response!

Thanks to Joe for being so kind and response to me all this time.https://lhfs.com/

Basit Siddiqi, thank you for your response.

Yes David that is true generally speaking a lot, if not all of the initial inquiry responses that I send out are of a mass email variety. 

@George Blower @Brian Eastman @Carl Fischer @Dmitriy FomichenkoThank you all for your responses.

So I was very vague about the details and I appreciate the response from both of you !

When the purchase agreement gets drafted, just make sure everything is spelled out.The other one that I have seen is where the CA states that as the buyer, if I bring an agent, I am responsible for their commission.