Check out their vehicle and there present residence to get a idea of how they take care of their property.Screening services only perform a small portion of the total screening process for potential new tenants.

Does anyone have a great list they have used, one that is not so known and popular, to reach absentee, tired landlords, or mult-family owners?

She will be so tired at the end of the day she will sleep right through any of it. 

Garages are usually for storing vehicles and other stuff, not entertaining your boss.

AI is on fire w many autonomous vehicle startup acquisitions), and big tech is still growing, which provides a floor on house prices. 

Also, my husband especially, would like for us to move into more "hands off" investments even if that means somewhat lower returns.I have seen Delaware Statutory Trusts advertised as a vehicle for investing 1031 funds.

Ultimately I wanted a vehicle that I could have control over to provide income to augment or bridge me into retirement (which isn't for 15 years).

As for the vehicle....I would not know exactly what you can do to make that better....if you can buy a cheap car for little money I would sell that car on the open market for as much as possible and use whatever credit card I had to finish paying it off. 

My agent does a lot of volume, but rarely takes out of state investors seriously because most of them are tire kickers.

Include photos and an illustration with measurements showing the driveway on your property is plenty wide for a vehicle, hopefully that satisfies them.