Such services should include: - Creating enticing market listings and ads promoting the property at its best for high demand - Rental market expertise to provide recommended rent amounts for your property's market without recommending an inflated rent amount scaring away potential tenants or recommending a deflated rent amount causing less of a return monthly- Physically showing the home to potential tenants- Collecting/depositing monthly rents and bill paying- Vetting/screening applying tenants or managing non-paying/troublemaking tenants- Resolving maintenance repairs by hiring professionals to care for your investment - Turning your investment property move-outs quickly for new tenant placementLook for all of the above listed services and more when researching property management companies to receive the most return on investment!

Unsubtle self-promotion.)

This is considered self promotion.

I wanted to go OOS and BRRRR everything, just as it is promoted on BP, but in the end I had a really tough time finding an agent I was comfortable on using in the market that I was looking at and couldn’t overcome the fear of getting taken advantage of, so I decided that I will start locally, even though it would be really tough for me financially.

No longer as cheap as it once was but I still promote BUY NOW!

Most gurus promote their programs and deliver bad or illegal advice on how to, so be careful depending on your state laws.

I am not sure how a mortgage company can tell that you can not take a promotion at your job someplace else, or buy another home and move into that place, etc.We were in the same situation where we bought a home and months later we had to move again and we turned that him into a vacation rental.

I’d add the gurus you speak of are excellent at self promotion much like other highly successful people in different venues. 

I've got some nice pens and calendars of scantily clad women that I give out to promote my STRs. 

As long as you promote your properties for rent on the main channels, such as Zillow(One of the best, as it crawls quite a few sources), AZ Republic/AZ Central (Heavily read by many PHX residents), East Valley Tribune, Craigslist (inferior, due to scamming and lack of reach, but still works and free), etc, you will generate a lot of interest.