Managers of small buildings tend to be on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of skill set so they take more hand holding.IMO if you sell your duplex and purchase a property that needs property management, you will be back in the same place in short order.

You could make the difference on that spread, but since seller-financing tends to have more potential for flexibility in terms, I could see that you could get a property.

And I know I could just "wait" but I tend to have issues with "taking action" so this is more of a personal thing for me and I really want to do it as soon as I can.

Others do, but as Min and others talked about it it tends to be late or inconsistent.

It will tend to show the imperfections in your subfloor.

His point is, if your structure is not that hot, then your AC won't work that hard, it is like a car, if you put it at 5,000 rpm 24 hours a day, it tends to break. 

And I know I could just "wait" but I tend to have issues with "taking action" so this is more of a personal thing for me and I really want to do it as soon as I can.

They tend to get 1 point on those larger deals.Friend of mine just closed a larger loan last month.

They also tend to have slow appreciation..

While interest rates and cap rates tend to trend in the same direction, they don't necessarily track in parallel.