I have a full time work as a government employee woking in fort campbell, ky base.  

I launched my property management company back in 2020 and we've had great success — offering 15+ guarantees, quarterly inspections, management fees based on gross income, and using insurance instead of security deposits.

We have about 22 full-time W2 employees in the office, approximately 40 traveling construction folks -- and managers and maintenance W2 employees at each community we own and operate.

I am a W2 employee and have mostly been investing in stocks, but I have realized the tax advantages are barely there, like in real estate.

As a PM with 65+ units I need multiple employees to handle this 24/7/365.  

They attempted to force and NDA to prevent the client from being able to share experiences, when refused, they tried on multiple times to express that they were losing money because the BBB complaint, never recognizing or accepting that the problem was the cause of their employee, and rather than fulfill their promises, they spent their efforts shifting blame to the client for taking actions, instead of taking action internally with the employee for putting them on the position of losing money, totally ignoring the losses the client was experiencing due to their false promises and failed promises, and intentional inflection of harm.

.🏡 Here’s why DSCR investors are paying attention:High Gross Rents Support Low DSCR Ratios: Properties near the beach or in mid-tier resort zones are generating strong monthly income — often enough to meet or exceed DSCR requirements even with today's rates.Short-Term and Mid-Term Rentals Boost Income: Investors using 12-month average STR income (where allowed) are seeing stronger loan amounts.

When I see management companies in Hawaii charging 55% of gross rent, its clear to me that these owners are not necessarily viewing these properties as investments as much as just secondary homes they want to offset the cost on and trust they are being taken care of.

I would like to purchase a studio or possibly even the larger 1bed/1.5 model if I can just get a chance to see what owners are grossing off self managing or using the rental pool.

In CA an unlicensed handyman can only do $1000 (labor & materials)Only a licensed c39 contractor can do roofing and must carry workers comp insurance on himself and employees.