Long distance property management issues - need advice

[Bruno Almeida]

What's up BP fam ! Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. 

Last November, I purchased a rental property out of state with the intention of having a property manager handle everything for me. The house was recently renovated so there were no major issues. I signed with a property manager referred to me by the agent I was working with and everything was going great. The pm got a tenant in place for me and started collecting rent. My BP- cash flowing rental property dream had finally come true ha ! but as expected things don't always go according to plan. It's been a few months now and the pm has brought up so many issues from the tenant like a door knob replacement and window/fixtures that needed to be fixed etc, things all of sudden keep breaking and my profits are getting eaten up quickly. I also don't like the fact that the rent is deposited into the pm's account and then what's left over gets sent to me. What can I do to get the rent's deposited to me directly and then pay my pm myself ? I also want to know what can I do to make sure that the pm is in fact fixing these issues and not just making them up to increase their profits. I hate to sound skeptical but something isn't adding up. I appreciate any advice or best practices to make sure the flow of cash keeps coming my way ! Thanks BP !