Such a nice post to read after some of the others today, Lol.  

Quote from @Charles Fay: Hello all, first time posting and wanted to ask for your advice.currently in the military awaiting a 9-12 deployment within the next 6 months.I will have ~150k savings after deployment, 85k before, with no debt, payments or anything other than basic bills, 750+ credit.

But what made me think about it for you as I read your post is the LULA feature. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Please post more details once you meet, and good luck!

I actually read one of your posts on this topic years ago, which influenced me to carefully choose the right market.  

Quote from @Kendric Buford: Hi, still new to the forums, please pardon any oddities in my post.

Getting right to the purpose of my post, with all the relevant context: I’m 52 and living near Seattle.

Interesting post.

Thanks Kevin great post..