If you start with a low number it is easier and less time consuming to add more in the bigger you get verse the other way around, and with the software, it's easier to cut out all the kicks with lease or drop one software company for another if you find it not user friendly when you have a small number.  

We brought on a better-equipped management/administrative team that has allowed us to cut expenses, while simultaneously providing more support for staff.

We brought on a better-equipped management/administrative team that has allowed us to cut expenses, while simultaneously providing more support for staff.

Average fees charged to consumers, for mortgages, have gone up 40% in the last two years. 40%!!

My 4th property I sourced and manage on my own, much more time consuming but much more cashflow too.

I would hold this investment for a couple of years regardless but my fears are that I will not be able to find cooperative tenants and that rent prices will come down too much for me to support the mortgage and whatever expenses I pay.

Further, this idea that if tenants don't like it they can just leave is a generalization I mostly support, but there are the slippage through the cracks that needs protecting. 

It's more time consuming, but more productive as well. 

If you've ever had to call for artillery, or air support, relied on quick actionable intelligence, or even sometimes getting critical administrative paperwork done; you've had to rely on strangers.

I would have a hard time if all the while I had to convince her that this was a good idea, the support has been a huge part.