I’m struggling to understand that perspective because it seems to me like if I have a property manager, they would be the one to contact about anything related to both sides of the duplex, and I don’t foresee my ex and I needing to be in touch until the day comes when we want to sell.Am I missing something?

I'm often struggling to get as much from my STR as I get from renting longer term.

The high-tech jobs continue to be created in San Diego, but these high-tech jobs pay less in San Diego than they pay in many other markets (the sunshine tax).My view is San Diego has many people with good jobs that pay less than other locales (so the home expense is significant), but it also has service people and homeless people who struggle to live here (the home expense presents big challenges).

I mean, the NOI on a particular property can be great, but if its got 3 years left on the lease from a struggling tenant and needs HVAC replacements of $250K its maybe a worse bet than one with 10 years on the lease with a fortune 1000 tenant and a lower NOI.

After 8 months of constant struggle and effort we finally hit a line in the sand and decided it's time to sell. 

@Irvin W Blouin Jr, this is a big question and one I struggled with initially too.

I know I'm not the first to do this, but I am having some areas that I am struggling to wrap my head around.

To be Totally honest the market is just really tough right now, even alot of experienced investors such as myself are struggling and even pulling back based on the market conditions.

Or once you’ve build one team does it get easier and easier to build others and not become a big struggle? 

Now the big hurdle right now, and for the foreseeable future is the struggle with "finding a deal'.