.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: having been a back room vendor for Montelongo  Vertucci  rich dad poor dad.I got to interact with hundreds of students.. its like anything RE related only a little worse than say RE agents .. 20% of RE agents make 80s of the income

Quote from @Stephen Bezouska: Quote from @Christina Hall: I have been using PropStream and their contact data has been very poor.

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!

Just like doubling down on a bet you could lose it all. 

Your best bet is in the midwest or southeast.

This options seems to be your best bet considering all other factors.

Bought it as a safe bet thinking it would do roughly $35k annually in short term rents.

So you can scale that if you want.FHA is for people with poor credit and very little down payment.

You bet.

I wanted someone else to blame if the deal went poorly.