I'm not a new real estate investor, nor am I a seasoned one, probably more middle of the road, and here's my story.  

Since its growing at a decent pace,  the option of just buying and forgetting it seems very attractive.   

(Middle class family starter homes).

I just see it differently, and focus on where we are going to be in 2/3/5 years, if we keep going at this pace.  

How much is your stress worth to have a client call you in the middle of the night that there was an attempted home invasion?

Senior broker might get 4,000, middle agent 3,000, junior agent 1,500.I am a principal broker so get the full 15,000 as it is my company but still a deal like that is too small for my time.

It's not that property managers aren't doing a good job out there it's that property manager's are in a position where no matter what they do one party is unhappy with them as they are in the middle of two opposing sides. 

Slow and steady pace means you have time for it all.5.

A few days later their realtor reached out to mine and made a more "let's meet somewhere in the middle" offer. 

From the same source:"Vice cites a 2009 Canadian study by the Centre for Policy Alternatives that found that "the vast majority of Canada's population" gets a great deal: "Middle-income Canadian families enjoy public services worth about $41,000 — or 63 percent of their income.