This is in fact why a lot of people like the automatic scale that comes with commercial.

At the same time, in order for me to scale quickly and not spend my time on non value add activity, I think a property manager will make sense. 

You just need to find, and establish a good business relationship with, a Lender who will allow you to scale up at a sensible pace.

If you want to replace your income (which looks like your goal) then you'll have to scale at some point.

If you plan to scale, you will have to budget that in, even if you are the manager, because it will become your salary :)As for Section 8: Is it a good tenant?

Those three variables were then scaled and combined to form a 'hotness score,' producing the top ten list."

I think the problem is the work is too labor intensive for a company to scale if the area is not plowable.  

There are a lot of smart and successful investors who advise selling a number of smaller properties and consolidating to larger properties for economies of scale, which makes sense.  

Because if you have strong operations in place and can scale your OpEx (for example, if you have an in-house management company and your expenses are typically fixed no matter how many units you own for contractors, leasing agents, etc.) then you might only be concerned with the rent since your expenses are more-or-less fixed.

Hi Shannon,Could you provide a fairly accurate to-scale drawing of the floor plan including the tub, toilet, and window placement?