Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.

Supplement this far simpler entity approach by ensuring you have appropriate types and levels of insurance, you operate your business in a manner in which your conduct is not considered an exclusion in your policy, you work with licensed and insured vendors, you execute contracts with indemnification clauses with these same vendors/ require additional insured status &  maintain appropriate licensing and permits.

I've been investing in one market for 10+ years and my vendor list continues to evolve and never had the mindset of assembling a team I can rely upon.

So state AG's are getting wise to the abuses and in PA in particular.. as I have 2 vendors in PA that I have funded for years.. who work variations of this model..

Prepare for property management using software, local handyman, and vendors.

@Dustin Horner you should be contracting maintenance work and creating a preferred list of vendors as @Phillip Austin has recommended.The first person you hire to help you should be to handle what you LEAST like to do yourself or has the greatest time savings for you!

Not many have vendor relationships that allow for no out of pocket cash outlays before enough improvements are made for a meaningful draw release. 

The most useful switch I made was from a vendor who kept insisting the water was fine (it wasn't and no, the chemicals didn't just need more time) to a true pro who doesn't gouge us for maintenance and does a consistently great job.

 I have no personal knowledge about either of these gentlemen but have been around the Paid for training for years and years.. both as student and invited Vendor to events.I think in a nut shell many of these give the student the push they need and the confidence they need to move forward.Although in the MFR realm this is not a Guru how to make money with no money..

Look at the PM contract and verify the 8% is all inclusive and that there are not additional charges for placing a tenant, resigning a tenant, inspections, and dealing with vendors/contractors.