On the other hand, if you’re financially secure, the low-rate loan and potential appreciation make holding more attractive.

IF you want a VA company I can recommend the company we use out of brazil.

So I can hire a PM company to just do the tenant placement part? 

Will they "check themselves" from bad behavior when they see a professional company with professional services, legally reviewed lease, etc. managing their day-to-day?

They highlight the difference between the average home cost and the average home value suggested by the price of large institutional companies such as American Homes 4 Rent and Invitation Homes Inc.I suspect this is nonsense (especially as according to google their price to book ratio is positive). 

This one was strange because I ended up splitting the companies and partners involved in the deal so we liquidated halfway through the project. 

I believe sometimes a bad experience is more reflective of the individual than the company. 

As I have said they can throw people out for negativity so you will unlikely get a true and honest review from anyone in a forum like this. these training companies just follow MLM tactics  ala Amway etc.. right down to the sell the product make money. its all the same marketing just the product is different.

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

I know that I have to rely heavily on a solid property management company to not only maintain but to help find me deals as our relationship grows.