Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Readers should seek professional advice.

Maybe consider the cost of hiring a professional, vs the opportunity cost of you doing it all yourself on weekends.

I had a professional installer do them and took out a loan through them to pay the balance of the panels, which comes to $150 a month.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

@Anthony Wick There are a lot of great comments from the Professionals regarding your concerns, and although I can't speak with the industry experience they can, I share in your frustration with my own experiences.

In southern states, home sales are expected to grow by 6% in 2018 rather than 2.5% (the national average). 70% of homeowners prefer to list with a real estate agent who uses video marketing to advertise their home.Main Takeaways Consider hiring a professional house stager — Heck, why wouldn’t you do it if the house will spend less time on the market and the seller will get 6% above the listed price?

Too complicated for general use unless you want to have professionals on retainer to handle the details.

I reside in the Montgomery county, MD and would love to network and meetup with like-minded RE professionals to share RE experience (good, bad and ugly), perspective on trends locally, financing strategies, etc.  

My tax professional mentioned the new tax code includes a $10k cap on mortgage interest deductions for investment properties.