When linking BP National Account to your HD Pro Extra account does your status actually change to Elite, or do you just receive Elite pricing on certain items?

I currently have a total of 6 extra lots on houses that i have bought in a class b-c neighborhood.

EXAMPLE: I haven't cut my own lawn in over 10 years because I can get it done significantly cheaper than what I make per hour.The other component to keep in mind is landlords typically hire PMCs for one of two reasons:1) No time to properly manage2) No expertise to properly manage- Note: if you have enough time you can learn the needed expertise.Everyone wants to focus on how supposedly "easy" it is to manage rentals.The reality is:1) The difficulty & required time increases as the property/tenant quality decreases with Class A => Class B => Class C => Class D2) It only takes one bad tenant, bad contractor/handyman or mistake that leads to a lawsuit to cost a landlord SIGNIFICANTLY MORE than the cost of a PMC.What Class of rental do you have?

It's really tough to make that work when things get difficult.

A C+ tenant might find buying their own appliances a difficulty and laundromats are expensive. 3.

What most people don't realize is OOS investors have a extra cost burden of probably well over 20% compared to local investors. 

Yes I understand the difficulties doing real estate in another country. 

I think especially for civil cases like evictions that national services have difficulty matching up people with cases because their Social Security numbers are not part of the legal case information.

I know long term the investments are likely very good, its about coping with the short term difficulties that arise. 

Can anyone with experience in managing property out of their area comment on the difficulties involved?