Not even by following the same strategies that @David Greene highlights in his book, "long distance real estate investing? 

Have you ever browsed property listings and noticed the properties that skip exterior photos and highlight the interior instead? 

This category is where I begin to highlight items that are 100% subcontractor items.

(One exception: you can sometimes roll the proceeds from the sale of one property into another via a so-called 1031 exchange and delay paying taxes on the sale.)I want to highlight another point made by my colleagues, to make sure it is not lost: $15k cash flow does not mean you pay taxes on $15k.

I have already had several people contact me and managed to save a few from paying a fortune for a doghouse in the hood.Your comments about responsibility are indeed true, HOWEVER, as an OOS investor you have to delegate that responsibility to your PM so that is why I highlight the need to find a great one.

Work to build rapport, figure out their needs and then highlight how your accomplishments can help to solve their needs.  

I can also present your highlights specifically in terms that meet their goals.

As long as your home has kick @$$ marketing which highlights the marble and all of the high end upgrades, you will have a ton of potential buyers and you will receive offers that reflect what the market thinks your home is worth.The inventory here is so tight right now that if your home is amazing and priced aggressively (i.e. low), you will likely get multiple offers.

For example, if you were told a place needed $50k in foundation work but it wasn't mentioned in the MLS write-up, you're going to want the appraiser to know.As a listing agent in this situation, we'd be trying to do as much of the appraiser's job for them as we can ... we'd provide them with the 3 to 6 comps that we believe are best - we'd highlight our upgrade list - we'd highlight the faults of each comp (especially if it wasn't obvious from the MLS entry) - we'd focus on the number of offers we received and how quickly they came in ... and we'd deliver all of this as a print-out that we'd hand them as we let them into the property to complete their appraisal.Good luck!

As you continue to interview PMs, you'll add/remove questions and you'll begin to understand the flow of asking questions to highlight your main priorities.