Where is yours located? 

You can do that with friends or family.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

Cross collateralize your other real estate if you have equity.  

It's determined by the nature of your arrangement, mostly by how much you control the employee's work.

How much weight do you give to the cash flow benefit of cheap debt when the property is priced above market?

Can you imagine your interest rate doubling like it did a couple years ago?

Does anybody here recommend any mentors/resources/tools/or has experience doing it themselves and would be open to connecting? 

Do you ever make it to any of the CHS meetups?

I have been using RentRedi as a way to do all the screening and applications.