Ask how they handle routine maintenance and emergencies and whether they have established relationships with cost-effective and reliable vendors.By focusing on these critical factors, you’ll be in a solid position to hire a property manager who can take the stress out of managing your rental property while helping you maximize your investment.If anyone has more specific questions, feel free to ask—I am happy to share more detailed advice!

I actually to date did not charge what I felt the market rent was, because I genuinely felt uncomfortable.

When we felt uncomfortable with this, and asked them to process a section 8 prospective tenant, they say they wont work with section 8 applicants because housing authority will pay the rent directly to the owner.

10% is probably a little steep, and like John said, a flat fee may be more reasonable.Setting up a proper STR is not cheap, but once you are set up properly, you deal with routine breakage.I recommend managing yourself and saving the 20% personally, getting a rockstar cleaning team and a reliable handy person, using something like Hospitable that can help automate messaging when listing, and reading the book from the bookstore here called Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth.

I was uncomfortable with the forced-timeline of the 1031 (even with the economic stimulus extensions.)

I have friends that routinely use ear plugs in a detached single family to eliminate noise from kids, spouses, cars going by on street, etc., when sleeping.

Those are all good points. i’m in fund 1 and was very, very close to investing in Fund II but decided against it at the last minute based on some gaps in communication that made me a bit uncomfortable.

I am very VERY comfortable with people grilling me with questions, when have the answers it's not uncomfortable at all.

The key is establishing routines and systems that minimize your day-to-day involvement.By using professionals, keeping investments simple, and managing your time efficiently, you can build your real estate portfolio while working full-time. 

Guests were rude to my face, made unreasonable demands to the point that I felt uncomfortable in my own home.