Property Management Demand

[Daniel Kramer]

I'm just starting out as an investor and also work full-time, so I plan to manage my own properties at least at first. Therefore, property management has been one of the aspects I've been researching extensively. I've noticed a common theme that good quality property management is hard to come by. 

I'll preface this by saying I love my W-2 income which allows me to get loans, but I've had the passing thought, "If I'm ever out of a job, I'm starting my own property management company." The glory is in the investing but the demand appears to be in the management. Is it really that hard? Why can't anyone seem to do it well?