I was thinking they could take care of things like research options for insurance, find contractors for repairs on rentals, intake tenant maintenance requests, assist with finding deals, and organize the documentation for each property.

- Your intake -Are you willing to create boundaries and rules for your leases?

Tyler Shirk's team with Bear BnB is the "go-to" for STR PM in Kansas City-- and they specialize in taking control of the property, furnishings, and pretty much handling everything.

Thanks to each and every person at F&G - from the initial intake with Chrissy Banks to all the hard-working staff in-between and my man Michael Richard who did the actual funding.

A full family of rats had actually moved in, taking refuge in the cupboards that were still stocked with old food.Has any other landlord here ever had to deal with a renovation like this?

Let me know what cities and areas you're considering as you dial things in. Take

You're not sharing thew whole story, and it only your side of the story, so it's difficult to give advice.Time is money, and no one wants to work for free, so the PMC probably feels that they want something for all their time invested in taking pics, writing an ad, publishing and taking all the phone calls and handling showings. 

I'd be a little suspicious of the HML because most want you to succeed - there's no glory in taking back a unit unless they've grossly underloaned on the value.

Excited to hear you guys are interested in taking on the challenge of controlling your future.

Good for you in taking the plunge and getting that first property.