Anyone own a rental property?
Having this kind of experience in property management (although somwhat limited) was a key factor in deciding to purchase my 23 unit mini-warehose/self storage complex.
My experience so far with the 7 years of residential and 1.5 years commercial has been extremely positive.
I'm good with finance, spreadsheets, taxes and "value" oriented investing and purchaes. Both my wife and I are good at light to medium renovation type repair.
Those things help immensely.
I would NEVER consider hiring a property management company.