Necessity breeds innovation.

I became an accidental landlord with this and really just did it out of necessity.

I also realize that after I grow, a PM will be a necessity if I ever want to “step back” from growing and start coasting in the future.

I’m not sure I see the necessity.

REIs come in all walks of life and finding what works for each individual, whether by preference or out of necessity, is the key. 

I had been out of the game for many years after moving to Japan and selling off everything in the US (a regrettable necessity at the time) and downloaded his book to start getting back into REI.

When you combine student loans, the necessity to be mobile (most places don't have a functioning transport system), ... etc .I have never read Dave Ramsey.

We developed this out of necessity for our own investment planning as we simply could not find a portfolio calculator online that also allowed for this. 

I also read the opposite argument here http://www.reiclub.com/articles/get-real-estate-license in the article he also says he did not realize the importance of having insurance into well after he had several properties and myself I thought having insurance would just be an automatic necessity (he called it "seeing the light") maybe their is a pro to having a license.

We do pay for garbage pickup (absolutely a necessity in KI Sawyer) and water (because the buildings we have are not metered separately).