Setting up your first property

[Juliette Olsen]

Hi! 
Novice “future” landlords here—

Where did y’all start with getting your lease and even a property manager? 

Did you find a generic lease for State of Florida online? 
Did you hire an attorney to help script a lease?

Did you hire a management company?

If you hired a management company, what was your monthly cost and what did it include? Did they write a lease for you? Did they have their own handyman contractors or was that something you had to have on your own? 

How specific can you get in your lease when it comes to tenants responsibility for repairs of things to the house related to negligence, ie flushing sanitary products down toilets, appliances, hoa fines related to negligence of caring for the yard or following hoa rules etc? 

we’d be managing out of state and I’m not sure I’d be okay with doing that without a local property manager…

with gratitude,

Juliette

[Gregory Schwartz]

I'd recommend finding an investor agent. I dont know FL specifically but based on what @Adam Bartomeo has said I would assume your agent can provide you with a Florida Realtor's lease. 

Locally I help clients buy investments, and teach them to self-manage providing the tools and contact necessary to avoid pitfalls, headaches etc. I also help them lease vacancies. All that for just a little commission is way cheaper than the 10-12% per month PM charges.