However, I'm curious about your approach: What factors would you weigh when deciding between managing your own property versus hiring a professional management service?

If it was useable before (small ding) and is now destroyed, I'd take her up on her offer, but I'd also pay some of the costs as it wasn't new when she moved in. 

I'm not sure where to start with private money or hard money lending when it comes to covering rehab costs on a rental property that we already own.

Not all lenders can do that, but...for instance...I'm actually a District Manager with Build 2 Rent here in Florida and we have off-market investment properties (both occupied and vacant) that you can purchase with our in-house lenders and interest rates in the low 4's because of the incentives we currently have available. 

He's segregating costs on the buy, leaving me as seller with a 33% portion POC. 

Hello BP community,I'm interested to learn what most investors do with the portion of rental income commonly set aside for cap ex, repair, and vacancy costs.

If they are good, they should be absolutely definitive on rate, terms, costs, etc.

Underestimated the cost to fix up and how hard and how much time it takes for one or two people to complete a flip.

Hey Chi, I own and operate an investor-friendly brokerage and property management company here in Clarksville, TN.

My contactor is licensed bonded and insured and he called the neighbor offering to cover the cost of exterior detailing of his car.