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And then there's like making sure the house gets up to speed with repairs before the tenant moves in. And then there's like, that being ready and willing to go out to the property at any given time to meet contractors and meet the demands of the tenants just because no tenant wants to live in a slum hole. And we decided like we wanted to be good landlords. We didn't want to be slum lords and let this property go to depu. We knew that there was going to be a lot of upfront work. And I think I was willing to do it. I think the big deciding factor though was that I still have a little girl at home and she's just turned four. And by willing to take my three or four year old out to an eviction with like law enforcement. And the answer to that was no. So I was like, well, maybe this is not for me then. So we started looking at property managers. The gal that we went with to buy our house had a recommendation. So that would be my first tip for those of you that are not sure where to start. Go with like, go with word of mouth. I feel like that that's never done this wrong. We usually have good experiences when we rely on the advice of those we trust. So I think the question you have to ask yourself like, do you have the time and the mental capacity and the gas money to be your own property manager like you might you might work full time and not want to devote a lot of your free time to this. And that's that's when I would say a property manager would come in great handy. If you're someone that can is making real estate investment your job, your part time job, your full time job, then I would say that would be for you to decide then, okay, I'm going to manage this on my own. And all managing really means is that you're going to be on call for tenants to call when there's repairs. You're going to be handling and processing payments when they make the rent check. You're going to be in charge of evicting people if they don't pay their rent and follow up with their contract that they've signed with you. And typically leases are you know, the six month lease or the year lease, every year that rolls around, we're hoping that we don't need to have to find another tenant and pay that property management tenant new tenant fee every time every year that rolls over. We're hoping that this the tenants we have right now will have some staying power. That will also make the property manager worth it. If a year after year we're finding that we're not able to keep tenants in the house past, past a year long contract, we might, I think my husband and I have talked about this, that we might wait again and decide, you know, is this worth our money year after year for them to have to find this new tenants? Then we might want to do it ourselves. But like I said, that will come in time. So as of now, I recommend it. I think it's been very helpful for getting us started since we kind of were starting from square one, we didn't know how to do any of this. Like we literally have been learning as we go. We are a month into, well, two months into having bought the property and then a month into like having this new tenant with a property manager. And the first couple weeks, they're not going to lie freaked us out a little bit because we knew that every time that the property manager called, it was because of a repair that was needed needing to happen. And we, so I answered the phone kind of nervously begrudgingly and like, what's it going to be this time? But he said not to worry that that was pretty normal. And these, just because the tenants are kind of figuring out the house, they're figuring out like what works and what's, what's quirky and it is a new sale. So like there, there are things that we didn't even know would go wrong with some of the plumbing and types of things like that. Would we do it again? Absolutely. I think we're both feeling really good about the whole process. And if you don't have a recommendation from someone you trust, go for Google reviews that, that always seems to do pretty good too. And so like, this is funny. I, I looked up the management company. Now that we like, we've been using them and I didn't do this before, I probably should have. But I checked their Google reviews and there actually were a few, there were a few negative comments made about the company. You know, there's always those one or two that get burned and they like leave the scathing review to like, you know, put a mark on, on the company. I, I'm taking those with a grain of salt because there was just a few of them and they sound, yeah, like they got, they got burned for whatever reason. And like, yeah, this stuff happens, right? Especially when you're dealing with people's money and people's property, people can get a little salty. So, Justin and I tend to be pretty easy going though. So we're like, it'll be fine. Like, and then another tip I think I would give is to just keep open communication with the property manager. Anything that they ask, they've asked us to do we've done because we feel like we're responsible for the property and we're going to do it. And we're people of our word that way. So anytime that we've made a repair, we let them know about it, whether they really cared or not. We just wanted to be kind of in the loop with them and let them know like, we're hands off to a point, but we also want to be updated and keep them updated on the process. I hope you had an amazing weekend. The sun is shining here in Colorado. We're so excited about the weather right now. And we've been like out gardening and stuff. And I can't wait to hit the trails with my kids and do some hiking and some camping soon. As always, I'm always happy to be here with you all and learning with you and sharing tips and tricks for life and all that jazz. So go get messy, have fun, learn, and I can't wait to see you again next week.