You hire and PAY those professionals because they have expertise you do not and it's not worth your time to learn to do it yourself.So, why would you waste your time learning how to be a property manager and not just hire an expert to handle it?

This can help keep occupancy consistent and can lessen the effects of tenant turnover, along with the timeliness of finding a new renter. 

If they don't fix your issues in a day or two (meaning they realize the significance and the potential for massive adverse effects on their livelihoods, you'll probably never get your money.

Thoughts on lenders who are remote/out of state with better rates vs local brokers with higher fees, and how that may effect the buying process? 

By renovating and bumping rents, you are effectively forcing equity into the property by making it more valuable than when you purchased.

I think it would probably be a waste of time for a guy who buys in my market segment.

Also, I love how you defined all the historic, factual ripple effects of how that mentality devastates minority communities for generations.

I did question the hours and he did say the hours included on site and off site hours needed to pick up the materials also waste needed to hauled away and disposed of.

The septic waste system will need to be connected to city sewer in the spring, which will run about $4200, and the house also needs a couple safety repairs/upgrades, which cost another $1500 roughly. 

Do not put in a bid and then bail after you look at it, it’s a bad business practice and your wasting the sellers and agents time.