If you are new and don't have a clue, then I would certainly recommend them or some company that can guide you through things until you have an understanding. 

Thus, the preREO strategy is to have a court appoint a receiver, which could be a real estate agent or property management company, to repair and rent the property during the foreclosure.

For active investments I advocate considering how you can diversify WITHOUT ceding your competitive advantage nor the superior profitability of the niche your in.As an example my business is running an investment fund and syndication high interest commercial mortgage loans secured by income producing real estate. 

If you are able to actively use the funds I would say start a real estate marketing company with it. 

I definitely would pay attention to key macroeconomic stats such as population growth, job growth, and where companies are moving/developing.

I need to work on my introduction just to produce a back story to help others understand where I am. 

I see Jeff S. responded he is one of the most experienced lenders  PM  lenders who owns his own company here on BP..

*Prepare for high insurance costs by running a few properties by your STR insurance company before making a purchase.

@Christopher Smith there are many...but in my opinion really only three companies out there that offer the ability to 721 into a large and diversified REIT that i'd feel comfortable with. 

You may run a company but you are not investing in real estate as you don’t own anything.