I noticed it more in areas where I hired a certain kid to install it. 

There are security services you could hire- they are expensive.

I have built around $80,000 in equity due to appreciation and plan to hire a company to manage the property and start to cashflow instantly.

I would only hire out for major work I can't do myself or emergency repairs.I've dealt with older houses before and the house may be fine for occupants but there's still usually lots of things that can be fixed / improved so it seems a house that isn't perfect would give more opportunities for ongoing maintenance of this sort.To me it seems fairly straightforward to meet the time requirements but I think I need to have extensive documentation?

In my opinion, I'd never hire a real estate agent to help me with investments if they don't personally own investments themselves.

You can also start by working for a developer, partnering with a developer, or hiring a developer to do a project for you and learn from them .

And we keep hiring sock-puppet morons to run this lunny-bin we call "merica".....

At first, he never responded to the suit though it had been delivered, and I continued moving the process forward, filing for summary judgement.Late in the process, long after his deadlines to respond had passed, he hired a small time tenant attorney to intervene.

And even though virtually every sponsor agreement allows me to share investment information with others who might be advising me on it (especially when club members are bound by an NDA), I still ask the sponsor if I can share it, because it's a test.

Hire them for smaller projects and build from there.