Managing a property out of state

[Anna Goodwin]

My husband and I own a home in another state from where we currently reside. It has had tenants in it for about 3 years. We are thinking of firing our management company and taking over ourselves. The management company is very slow in responding to us and has multiple times billed us for things that are the tenants responsibility.

Can we do this ourselves? We are about a 2.5 hour drive away. I am a full time mom with older kids so I am pretty available for phone calls, arranging for repairs, etc... We have family that lives in the area who would be willing to be sure yard is maintained. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks