In real estate, I don't change locks, screen tenants, evict tenants, inspect properties, or finance my deals - I have property management, property inspectors, and mortgage lenders that do this for me (outsourcing).

The annual 2% management fee comes out before you get your principal back.  

They agreed to pay in accordance to the lease and failure to manage to the lease is the #1 reason why landlords fail (Source: American Apartment Owners Assn).Cowboy up and stop having the tenant control your ROI.Best.

I say that because every decent legit place I know of in market, yes offers the option of doing just tenant placement, for self-managing. 

I currently self-manage three properties in the Atlanta metro area and have learned a ton through trial and error over the years.

Even better if you can work for a property manager or real estate compnay. 

If you don't have the relationships, hire someone who does.This is why Brian Burke can go “large corporate” while I have to stay “small private”; he has the ability to MANAGE PEOPLE that I do not.  

My operations manager just notified me that we did in fact fund 3 out of the 4 condominium deals you brought us.

With enough knowledge you can make a educated decision on which approach you take.My experience:I personally don't sign up for any program who take you aside during events and try to sell packages that is just blatant sales strategy.Once you sign up there is every attempt to make you sign for their programs for bookkeeping, registered agent, LLC or corp setup fee which have ridiculous even with platinum membership.Basic standard structure they suggest to take advantage of multiple deductions can be easily achieved by proper education or work with a good firm like https://wcginc.com  who is local to you.A umbrella C-crop to manage all other LLC properties and take advantage of many tax deductions that are not available with a llc, its also used to take losses up to 100K as startup expenses and dissolve the entity after few years.Few LLC entities for investing in Real Estate, etc preferably in Wyoming or Nevada ( you can find many companies online who can do this for $150 compared to anderson $1500-$3000) , they will claim they have a secret Operating agreement which is bogus.They certainly try to take advantage of tax loopholes and claim to be smart people, my view they are just taking advantage of numbers as per their own statements.

I’d love to hear your insights or experiences managing properties with similar setups in Pittsburgh.