It took a while to find trustworthy advice about this but I read the text of the law and it explicitly stated this, so I was lucky.2) The time you have between selling and identifying the replacement property is very short, and the time you have between selling and purchasing is also short.

They explicitly state in the course that they will keep that contract on file and if any of your clients tries to come to them directly within the timeframe that you set, they will send them back to you.I will repeat once more, I am not affiliated with this course or it's participants at all. 

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

. - They are arms-length. 

ARM (America's Rental Manager) has had all three of my Birmingham properties for about a year.

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Vacasa seems like they cover everything which is great for hands off owners, but they charge an arm and a leg.

It's easy- often the properties are already rented and managed, and you can be arms reach away from the property while someone else takes care of it. 

One thing to watch out for is the financing aspect of it - could be a hurdle getting a loan if the transaction is "non-arms length" - i.e. between "Friends" - might be worth looking at seller financing too

The investors accepted it.  3 months later the buyer tried to reduce the purchase price to $2.6M to stiff arm the investors.