Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

one hundred percent correct....time to re-assess and follow your data-driven objective and experience.

You can find hundreds, most of them are less than $10 each.

THat's easier to do than you might think: there are 42,000 zip codes, so there are a few hundred thousand people who are "top 5" at any given zip code.Hats off to you for starting to connect with an agent, but I'd wait to buy anything for at least 6-12 months as you build market familiarity!

Regarding remote managing, in our 24 years of experience, dealing with hundreds of investors, what we've had to bail DIY Remote Investors out of is mostly Class C properties with some Class B.So, in our opinion, one can remote manage a Class A property fairly easily if you are organized.Class B requires more organization and knowledge, to avoid tenants taking advantage of you.Class C should NOT be done DIY - hire a PMC!

Certainly beats a few hundred a month of cash flow from the Midwest property.  

Trying not to micro-manage, but also understanding these will ultimately be my responsibility if something goes wrong.Kim, also thank you for the NARPM info, that is quite a wealth of info and a list of hundreds of PMs.

I would double check I suspect HOA liens get removed as well since they are junior to the tax .. over the years we bought literally hundreds if not more than a thousand parcels in CA at tax sale and never once had a lien survive.. the only bummer was we got one over turned when the county missed the statutory publishing date  ( 21 days) by one day and the owner who lost the property brought a civil suit and the judge reversed it.. the entire sale that year could have been reversed over 250 properties but each and every own would have had to bring a civil suit.. then after one year there is NO ability to reverse the sale. and of course we got our money back.. but spent money on attorney. 

There is a lot of free education out there and few hundred dollar courses before you commit larger sums of capital to "coaching"All the best @Olu Efunwoye

Fow now you need to chip in a few hundred a month which isn't the worst thing considering you put 0 down.