I recommend finding a strong brokerage with investor-friendly agents who are doing a high amount of volume.You can set up systems and procedures to make it easy for them to refer your company over. and keep their clients happy.

Structural and Foundation issues can really slow things down because the municipality will get involved with all their procedures and what not what it comes to those two areas. 

I just can't see a world where there isn't some tax change that happens next year to at least make some of the more procedural items of the TCJA permanent + other changes.

Yes, it is possible, but the procedure is indeed confusing, and even we tax professionals, myself included, have made incorrect statements.It sounds like you have already filed your 2023 tax return.

It's standard house hacking procedure every year.

In addition to finding good software program that meets your needs, I encourage you to get your "legal ducks in a row": e.g. landlord forms library, educational resources, lease agreement and addenda, and operations practice and procedures and policy manual.

However, the particular property that this tax sale I was referring to is located in Allegheny county where the procedure appeared to be the latter judicial sale.   

So @James McGovern your saying when is it good to deploy a discriminative procedure for applicant's? 

Sounds like California politics and bureacracy at its finest.

If you hire an agent, recommend you still process applications and do your own screening to avoid conflict of interest issues.If you hire a PMC, make sure you ask a LOT of questions about their screening procedures, to make sure you get a tenant you want.