I have a triplex which, based on our planned maintenance schedule, will have the roof replaced, siding fixed up (siding is already newer), trim paint and new exterior porch/stairs in the spring of 2022.One of the tenants, who also just reached his lease term, gave notice.  

Things like quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, in-unit laundry, new tile, new outlets & switches, doors, trim, etc.

Yes I can do alot of stuff around the house but why do tasks like sheetrock, paint and trim when I could easily hire those tasks out and be billing my plumbing clients to leverage my time better. 

Yes,  doing systems work and stuff beyond paint/floors/trim sort of cosmetics can get expensive fast,  but so can a roof or plumbing leak or electrical fire.   

Home was all freshly painted and much of the trim replaced.

Personally, I like it, especially with the lawn care, because the properties look better with our professional crew and are cut and trimmed on a regular basis, which is easier on the lawn.  

Once you get more experienced, you will learn to break up the home into sections like kitchen, baths, flooring, paint, windows, doors, trims, electrical, plumbing, landscape, roof, HVAC, etc.

We completely renovated it; moved walls, added walls, doors, trim, floor, windows, basement remodel, all of it.

Trim?

BP members constantly write posts saying they don't want to be bothered with day-to-day management and I found that having a PM was far worse than doing my own management because once I hired my PM I threw another 'Iron In The Fire', 'Threw In Another Wrench', or whatever you call it because now rather that dealing with tenants and resolving tenant issues in one quick move I now had to personally humble myself to dealing when a 'Fifth Wheel With Even More Moving Parts' and the decisions my PM made in regards to who they rented to and how they cleaned rentals BEFORE TENANTS MOVED IN was super scary and the damages caused by the PM resulted in costs of not one penny less than $8,000 to clean every house when a tenant moved, one house cost me $12,000 and a house in Idaho cost me $32,00 to clean and repair only the damages caused by a tenant who lived in the house for only 3 years with the exception of my costs to trim some trees.