To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

@Diana Mulvihill, what sorts of items/services would you be looking to use this platform for?

Hello @Abigail Lipson,You are right to spend the time selecting an investment city.

I had hand selected the tenant for it and he was terrific.

Note: you can get commercial financing for 1-4 unit properties.When you talk to your local planning and zoning department, 2 or more units are considered multi-family.Since this discussion was about zoning, not financing it is more correct to refer to a duplex as multi-family.In my area (the area of the original poster) a conforming duplex would be zoned as multi-family with duplex as permitted use, and could be financed as residential real estate.Hopefully that clears it up.It's sort of like a tomato.

Ideally, we would find a coach of some sort that could help us find a deal that works, knows the ropes of the building an LLC. 

I have a lot of experience and can tell you that the majority of renters ask to sign a longer lease because they want to distract you from looking too deeply into their past, they want to entice you to select them over other qualified renters, or they want to negotiate a lower price.

San Diego recently implemented an STR quota and one of our STRs was not selected in the lottery. 

If you need assistance with purchasing homes in Kentucky once you have everything sorted out, let me know.

Meaning people don't want to move out of their home either, so the supply is also lower.Do your homework on what sort of house you need, what area, etc. and buy what works for you.