Poor Management -  They are not keeping on top of things, not updating listings, not updating photos, not replacing poor pots & pans, and are not doing revenue management or looking at more ways to drive traffic to their properties.5. 

If you don’t cook, would  you spend money learning how to boil a pot of water on a stove?

Also, many glass stove tops have problems with enameled pots/pans.

Investors should try to expense to the max that tax code allows to shield income (hence the golden pot of accelerated depreciation). if investors incorrectly capitalize something that should be expensed, they essentially lose 1-2x the value of what they incorrectly capitalized.

if the market rent is 3k, and your total payment is 4500 the tenant is paying half your living expense as your net is 1500 instead of 3000.   

At 1650 rent, back out management, maintenance, taxes, insurance, and see what the true net is, then divide that by your share of the property value to get a real return.

So with this plan you get a year to feel things out at NET-0 or better. ideally you rent your place for say $2,100 and you rent a place for say $1,800 making for a gross net of $300 which should be enough to also cover any PM fee's as well making it truly a NET-0 to test the waters to see IF, keyword IF you can be a Landlord BEFORE getting yourself "pot-committed". 

Make sure your net is cast as wide as it reasonably can. 3.

I have seen streets behind duplexes like this that were very rough with pot holes. 3.

I provide full kitchen pots, pans, utensils, etc.