@Sean SpagnolaRecommend 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.

Most investors lose a TON of money by making amateur mistakes.

@Nathan Meeker absolutely agree a good CPA is worth the $$, and was expecting to spend well over 1000 for such services (I spent 1500 last year only to catch a lot of my CPA's mistakes); just sent you a DM, thx

Nothing tougher than trying to learn the basics and avoid mistakes that cost money and time.

Have you been successful in this in the past, or have you made mistakes and found ways to overcome them.Just my 2 cents.

Most of the mistakes above I made.  

Man I hope he's wrong that was a costly mistake if not.

It's nice to have someone walk you through the ins and out plus how to avoid pitfalls and typical mistakes. 

I'll never make that mistake again.

What if you've made a mistake in your logic- meaning you've left an opening for an attacker to seize what you have.