I am a software engineering manager, and I work fully offline, so no problems at all.

If your PM is out renting your unit or cordianting turn over or make ready they need to be given some time to respond.. and most now have pretty robust on line systems that owners can just pop on line and see expenses etc.. and probably notes that PM leaves in the system. 

I believe my target demographic would possibly be a Healthcare worker or possibly an engineer working on a contract. 

Hello BP Community,I've been following the social media channels closely and decided to hop on here and say hello 👋🏻I'm Marco, and I'm 29; I was born in Italy, traveled the world with my wife for the last four years, and eventually settled in the Canary Islands for 1.5 years.I hold a PhD in Electrical Engineering and have worked in tech for the last five years, which eventually granted me an NIW green card.We (my wife and I) hold a $1.2M+ portfolio of 4 self-managed short-term rental properties (across the Canaries and Italy) and a long-term property in Rome, Italy, that we rent out to students.

Unfortunately, like most things, if your first foray into anything new goes poorly, you are likely to label everything about that thing as bad.But back to your REIT comments: while I do acknowledge both the strengths (generally more robust companies, highly liquid, lower risk investments and overall structure), there are some trade-offs.  

Robust remote management tools and a dependable local personnel are frequently necessary.3.

MHU Forum with the search engine.   

Charleston has a very robust investor community.

I would consider hiring a structural engineer to provide you with a report as well.

BTW, you just said "next" to a nice young engineer who just got a new higher paying job and is an A+ type applicant.