I saw that people mentioned Jefferson Lilly's Park Street and the fund run by the MHU founders in the past.

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

In NYC, Booking.com runs nonstop TV commercials.

There are so many run down hotels along the coast and I love to take a run down property and turn it around. 

Regardless keep looking and running the numbers.

Trying to run a successful PMC is difficult but trying to run multiple companies - VR, Annual, cleaning, and landscaping is probably going to give you an aneurism.

I recently watched a video of a social media guru suggesting in 30 days he could have a team in place in any market in the country and be up and running with a successful real estate business.

Find a mentor that you can run "good" deals by.

@Brody Trott you'll want to run the numbers on as many duplexes in your chosen market as possible.

I live in Detroit but envision running the investment as a business, not a third job: Pay top dollar for the best PMC.