Those are much easier to do than having to deal with a difficult tenant daily however.

out of state is more difficult than advertised. do you already own a primary residence? 

However, required downpayments were typically 40-50%, and would be difficult without a residency visa.

An owner can challenge the number of hours their PMC bills them for a project though.2) Contracting every job out, but the bids aren't shared and owner just gets a bill on PMC letterhead covering labor & materials, with little detail.This is a pretty difficult situation to understand the charges, so you can monitor them. - The smaller the job, the easier to understand using the material & labor steps above.- Larger jobs may require requests for more detail, so the above steps can be applied.Be sure to check your management contract for what you agreed to.

New realtors, new realty companies, new PMs aren't going to have those established relationships and *no* PMs give up the names of their people to anyone else because getting good people is difficult. 

while i do think it's valuable to analyze properties, it's really difficult to underwrite based on photos. 

Quote from @Joel Oh: Your business must make money day 1.It is so much more difficult to fix the model that is not making money than starting a new business that makes money day 1. 

I think it's probably less common here but I've often wondered about how difficult it would be to convert a detached garage, etc. on a property from a legal standpoint.

Is it more difficult to get a loan on a rental property?

I’ve had a similar situation before and had a difficult time finding people interested in partnering.