One thing I probably cannot sluff off without hiring and training someone specific - is the marketing of apartments and checking out prospective tenants.

RI also has some lead and fire laws that you need to pay attention to as a landlord although enforcement is not rigorous.

The good gurus will provide the necessary training and tools to accomplish this (i.e.

@Melissa Pragana I'm trying to miss the train that you are riding.

Most of my time is spend on planning, organizing, coordination, training, lining things up for the crews, (we now have four, plus a bunch of good subs) securing funding, designing houses, staging houses, finding deals, meeting with crew leaders.My core team, I have one key private lender, a good accountant, a part time bookkeeper, a realtor, an attorney, four crew leaders and an assistant.I don't want to elaborate too long if your main need is how to automate your marketing ....

Lots of small apartment buildings 3, 4, 6 unit buildings near the town center or commuter train if outside a larger city.You want to smoke out the owners of these rentals?

Sometimes the tenant will have to be trained to behave in the proper way.

Had little training on this but not enough.

Funny, I'm a cop and often go to calls where people say they are going to try and kill me once I get there and yet I'm more nervouse about tomorrow, as I'm definitely not highly trained for this.

I will point out that, as an investment advisor from WAAAY back, the word "crowd" has a negative connotation because I've been trained to sell what people love and buy what people disparage.