I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

We also have connections with real estate agents, wholeslaers and title companies.

With technology and the right culture property management companies can be successful with a mix of local and remote team members. 

I believe sometimes a bad experience is more reflective of the individual than the company. 

For example, could I use my SDIRA to operate a management company that charges my holding LLCs a management fee?

(They claimed thousands for electrical using what appeared to be a fake electrical company, and they never had someone out to even check electrical beyond the general.) 

Plus, you get huge appreciation here based on how many companies are moving and developing here! 

I got a couple in my own portfolio that I also manage (I have a management company).

My company manages a little over 400 properties in Ocala and most are OOS investor owned. 

The management company stopped sending statements and stopped paying me rent at some point.