I intentionally keep mine in a different county than I live in too, just in case they do notorious serious or something.I don't own many rentals these days, but if I did, id have one of the online pay services or set up an ACH on their paydays.

I like new construction since there isn't any deferred maintenance and the properties should be relatively maintenance free for the first couple years (although it's good to include maintenance/repairs in your pro forma and maintain reserves just in case). 

I've argued for this and the powers-that-be do have a good argument that they are still active just in other ways, how to cover labor and actions during that, etc..

For example one of them has switched several times just in the past few months, from the originator to SLS to PennyMac to Lakeview (subserviced by Flagstar but then a month later switched subservicer to Mr.

It is similar to survivorship bias, just in this case it is "listing bias".

Hey Peter, thanks for the comment and the insight and you are absolutely correct about knowing what sells in your market, I see this happen with a lot of fix and flip projects that are just in the wrong areas, the investor gets the house for a good price however spends too much on repairs and adds a lot of luxury thinking that it will push the ARV significantly higher than the average in the area.

No one has x-ray vision to see inside walls or underground, so you should have 10-20% in contingency funds just in case. 

Hey Justin,I'm from CA and I have been in MS for a few years now, but my husband is a MS native.We are a family owned Property Management Company and we have plenty of experience with owners and investors.I have some ideas that you may be interested in, and I would love to know more about your opportunity to provide some insight.

I see several deals a week just in the 3 markets in Ohio where we just purchased.

I'm just in a bit of a chicken-egg situation.