-What factors to consider when choosing?

Knowing what goal you have in mind allows you to choose the right strategy to get you there.I own a vertically integrated real estate company that ties in the Core 4 to make OOS investing simple and lucrative. 

You just have to learn to train your tenants to pay on time whatever method you choose.

But, excel is totally fine in the beginning (in addition to your PM software to capture transactions outside of the properties).We use QuickBooks Online exclusively for all of our REI Clients.

I've worked exclusively with builders on for-sale subdivisions throughout Southern CA for the past ~20 years (thousands of new homes) and cannot think of a single time one of my builder-clients has retraded on price after a third-party inspector toured on behalf of a buyer.

I'd say first, figure out what kind of investing you're into and make sure that the market you choose supports it. 

Brown I don't think rentredi and property manager is mutually exclusive.

Or it may turn out you just like to stick to the first strategy you choose. 

How many here would like to own a company where others bring them viable deals to pick and choose from and then charge $795 for a final review.

I don’t want to fail, but I’m terrified I might pick the wrong market, work with the wrong broker, hire the wrong property management company or choose a property that ends up needing more work than expected.