Zillow rent estimate shows this place at $850/month.Someone will buy the house and spend $15K to fix up the place.

Look for a better property, even if you need to spend a few bucks more.

If your applicant isn't willing to spend that money, they are either unqualified or not very interested. 

The taxes are high, but there are options that will work, depending on how much you can spend and where you are and where you want to invest.

I work as a financial advisor and spend most of my time with clients.

In general I would say that if you are comfortable with bookkeeping, do a good job screening, you have a property in good condition, and you take the time to properly educate your tenant on communication and maintenance procedures, expectations of both parties, and responsibilities, you'll have no problem self managing 1 duplex on your own with very little time dedication.Typically you will probably spend 15-20 min a month on bookkeeping and entering transactions, and that is about it.

The percentage that scale that way are very few and far in between and if you have little saved and 5 kids to spend the good stuff on, you won't have the marketing budget that allows wholesalers to make the good money.

I have the cash to fix it but would rather spend it on my next purchase.My questions to you all are this. 

That's not something I would spend money on for a rental property.

This month I had a tenant turnover so with cleaning and the screening of the new tenants, the old tenant referred the new ones to me, I will spend 3 hours total time on this.