It's accelerated a lot from there but real estate is and always will be a long-game. 

Networking through meetups and online communities can also help.Good luck!

I always let my clients know to do their homework and search online and interview different PM companies.

People sometimes think they should hide as a landlord so no one knows, but that's not wise because it's so easy to figure out and then you become a lying neighbor/landlord.As others have said, just set ground rules for contact and how, use an online portal, and be responsive.

If you are going to do a game room and want it to move the needle then you need to really do it.  

Mississippi is a non disclosure state, so the online tools like zillow and realtor.com have a difficult time with valuing it. 

In one case I game them a percentage based rent for a year as well (covid), then reverted back to the fixed lease afterwards. 

QUESTIONABLE- Best Buy over $1,000 (maintenance visit soon after noticed two new TVs and Xbox consoles in kid's bedrooms) POOR CHOICE- Numerous purchases from online women's store selling wigs, "interesting clothing" & such (yes, we looked up the website) POOR CHOICE- Numerous cash withdraws of $400-$500 at Detroit casinos.

I'd like to get feedback from your experiences with online and/or local options.

@Ian M.For the owners hiding behind the bare trust agreements, you can pull up their names by doing an online search for "David Baines: Real estate investors settle class-action lawsuit" Mr Baines before he retired was a business columnist for the largest newspaper in British Columbia, the Vancouver Sun.In this article you can see the payment the defendants (who I am talking about) had to pay out to the plaintiffs.