If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

$5.5K in unnecessary plumbing issues caused by tenant in eviction (no way to recover costs)Hire a handyman when possible, they are cheaper.  

You can advertise it yourself and see if youre able to get any potential tenants and once you do I'd advise for you to hire an attorney to draw up a lease agreement including your NNN terms. 

Are we supposed to hire someone to keep an eye on them?

With their backlink service it’s not cheap because of the quality of the links, but I’ve personally vetted their process and as far as hiring out a service in this space for links, it’s the best I’ve seen so far. 

So it is important to show the cost in the underwriting otherwise when you hire out the work you could have an under performing property.  

We're at $23k + and we decided to hire a lawyer to handle this.

You can probably also hire a Sheriff to deliver it but $$$.

If what I wrote is not clear to you or if some of my assumptions are wrong, then stop your DIY attempt and hire a tax professional.

It is important that you hire professionals who have experience working with foreign investors.