But there is absolutely nothing in it that one cannot do with a bit of effort if one has the time and interest. Ain't rocket science.
I have no problem with people who self manage, so long as they know what they are doing. For instance, people like Wylie. She knows the rules, implements them when required and knows market rents. As a professional Landlord, she would also have their rents pretty close to market as well, as the rents form part of their livelihood.
The problem is that many self managers have no idea what they are doing. They're fine to collect rent, but as soon as something bad happens, they are up the creek.
Heck, back a long, long time ago well before we knew what we were doing, we had a small studio attached to our home. It wasn't approved & we had a uni student live there. We did it all ourselves, and we were lucky that nothing bad happened, because we were clueless.
It was the small bit of rent from this that helped us keep our home in the '80s during 17.5% interest rates. As soon as we could afford it, tenant was out & it became part of our home.
Anyway, I believe most self managers fall into that category. They do it to save a few bucks, but it can be a false economy.
So, I'm not having a go at you personally. You are pretty new here. You could be a gun PM, or a really bad one, I really don't know. I'm just trying to make you understand that just because someone says it's an easy job, sometimes that's because they don't have all the information, or it might be easy for them, but not for the next person.
I'd be wary of encouraging people to self manage, personally, because at the end of the day, if someone I don't know on an internet forum decides to self manage because 'Skater said it's easy' and they stuff it up, I don't want to be held accountable.
Can you see where I'm coming from?