I co host around 100 properties in Utah and have used VAs who are not as capable and some who are extremely capable (depending on your budget).

@Mike TashmanOK - a couple reactions - cash flow is extremely difficult right now without a creative strategy. 

Also, PPC leads have been extremely profitable as well. 

The houses are extremely expensive. 

Ensuring that you do your homework before purchasing a property is extremely important for making an intelligent investment.

January - extremely interested in hearing more about how you manage STR's remotely.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

I agree it was definitely extremely popular back then for moving up the ladder.

The first thing you should focus on is education, the Bigger Pockets Podcast is extremely informative, I would attune to that and read some of the books they recommend.

Even though I have done lots of value adds close to on budget and never had one prior extremely miss budget, I extremely missed budget on a value add I completed this month (I was starting to believe it was never going to happen to me).