I don't want to be fielding phone calls all day, everyday like last time around.

Its every day from Amazon :) 

There are so many different wildlife creatures to see, that if you are an animal lover, you could spend months seeing new animals every day.  

Nor took any action against 2 Trillion induced losses during GFC, by any banker or rating agency etc, but suppose it can't hurt to get some of your frustration out by filing a complaint, and the RADD managers may be dumb enough to give you back some of your money, as they purported to in 1 review (probably a lie).If I were in RADDs shoes today, I would have 2 choices, file bankruptcy and disperse assets after paying all liabilities, probably <50 cents on the dollar for investors, or do what they are doing, which is to go to church every day and pray for lower rates and tell the investors to go pound Sand. 

She denies and keeps texting me every day to "fix the furnace".

It certainly helps that you've done it, but I would maybe do one that is still in CA, but far so you can't go every day and see how that is and then inch out.On finding an agent, definitely not the way to go in terms of calling brokerages and asking for their top producing agent.

We communicate almost everyday.

But since you asked I have hired multiple skilled trades and as a union worker I work hand in hand with them everyday of my life.

Success stories are happening every day,  I have clients breaking record rents on house hack more so than ever.  

I would buy a house all day every day based on good returns and the proper STR "community" before I cared about the "brand" per say.