After getting fed up with the property managers I started managing, repairing, maintaining, leasing the properties and collecting rents using online tools like thumbtack, Angie's list, Rentsavvy, Apartments.com. 

My primary residence is a condo where there are only 5 units and we all make up our HOA.

My first offer was $35K below their asking price, but they countered to bring my offer up $10K, so now we are at market value.

But it, rent rooms, Fix it up. 

We walked through a property that we went into thinking we were not going to like it and we ended up loving it and jumping on it pretty quickly after because the seller was getting other cash offers and the price/location/set-up of the property just fit our situation well. 

Cozy was "good enough" for awhile but the lack of a mobile app and multiple tenants having issues setting up payments, etc caused me to look elsewhere.  

@Scott Hansen Try Up/Down Property Management or Algo Realty.

I'm in the process of finalizing my website (obviously this needs to be strong as it will be my landing site for other marketing initiatives.I do plan on keeping my 9-5, so I am looking to use Google PPC and Facebook retargeting ads to build the majority my pipeline, using nights and weekends for follow-up and some limited cold calling.

Did the value of my home go up or down?

I’d keep it, do a little cash out refinance if you wanted to regain some of the $, and just rent it out or STR it and make some money on it..Appreciation always goes up, and a few years down the line (and/if interest rates come back down you could pull even more $ out Tax free!)