Post on local Facebook pages for contractor referrals, go to local REIAs, and ask your potential agents and PMs (even if not using a PM at first...you may at some point).There is only so much that service providers can do and many of them are far from "experts"; so, be prepared to be your own expert at being willing to figure stuff out as you move forward.

Originally posted by @Mike Miller:I got my license to write my own offers on my own rental properties I buy. 

It seems weird to post the exact same thing again.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1220392-what-...

However, this does not impact the sale proceeds.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Beach and ski market owners already know this, but for all the post-Covid Smokys owners this is the first year they are experience this and they are scared.

We had a client that bought in Port huron and then ended up selling their property because they went through 3 PMCs and gave up trying to find a great one:(Some copy and paste advice below:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Christian HwangI know it's only been a couple weeks since you first posted but was this thread helpful to you? 

Buy more, especially builds from post 20003.

Quote from @Rich Davis: I know there have been posts regarding the ever increasing cost of insurance.  

Adam, I appreciate the sentiment, but at the time I posted I literally didn’t even know what step 1 was.