I guess I am greedy :=).I recommend everyone start by being their own PM for a couple of reasons: 1) beginning investors usually need all the profits they can obtain from their REI 2) The amount of things you can learn by being you own PM is very valuable.Having expressed that I recommend everyone start by being their own PM, without help there is an upper cap on units, etc. 

Please note majority of tenants won't see or understand a vision of a fixer upper, so IMO do not advertise until it's basically ready and people can see it.. 

It's a doosie of a fixer-upper and I'm a long distance investor so I may be about to go through trial by fire but I hope it makes me stronger.

They do still use their primary residence for house hacking with an upper level apartment, but haven't branched beyond that since. 

We found a fixer upper duplex in North Pasadena for around 600k.

Turnkey is a great place to start for first time investors but, at a certain point, you probably need to start doing your own fixer uppers (e.g.

Capital is definitely a lacking factor for now...maybe as I get more familiar with the property managers and realtors and contractors in Memphis I could buy my own fixer upper in the same area...too bad LA doesn't have $100,000 properties! 

It a fixer upper and I paid 50k for the house.

I'm a big fan of the fixer upper with a heloc because it let's you control the money and do the rehab at your own pace especially if you're doing it yourself.

People don't change much, and even if you got your landlord to take care of the leak, there would just be something else down the road that would come up. Per