.- It's impossible, given the daily little decisions that have to be made dealing with tenants, maintenance, paperwork, cities, etc.So, how much control are you really willing to give up?

Most agencies are slow to process paperwork, have a lot of bureaucratic red tape, and it is difficult to get them to respond to inquiries.

If you use a salesman, they will take care of all of the paperwork for you.

3) It's been 5+ years since we've seen a S8 tenant lose their voucher for property damages, not paying their portion of the rent or utilities, or other lease violations (letting others move in with them).It's our opinion that #2 & #3 above are caused by overworked caseworkers not having the time to process the extra required paperwork, so they take the path of least resistance.4) S8 needs someone at the federal level to put more of the program online and streamline the process!

They were super slow, had literally no idea how to read a basic purchase agreement contract, messed up on most of the paperwork, and ultimately were going to cause us to close 2-3 weeks late, with a lot of extra fees and less LTV than originally promised.

Too many payments can cause a paperwork nightmare.

I went back over the paperwork we signed.

They only deal with title & "paperwork"   which with my experience I deal with that, while the buyers make sure what they are trying to do is possible.

the loan officer was really helpful and responsive, it was just a lot of paperwork to work through.i like @Jay Hinrichs idea of just paying cash and refinancing. 

@Brad Smith This one took about a week to get a lead and then another week to show the property to the tenant, negotiate terms with ALE, and get the paperwork signed.