Other options could look like a property closer to you or in an area you are more familiar with, could be turnkey options with an established company, could be partnering with someone to gain some experience. 

That takes a title company and a couple of contracts, but none of your own money. 

Good Evening,I hired a property management company a few years ago.

He is an investor, investor focused agent that specializes in short term rental, can assist with the staging process and also has a property management company as well.

I've been thought about hiring a PM company for a while now but I've decided to keep the management in-house.I think it's important to start delegating out the low dollar per hour tasks.

. ** Another way: you could do all of the above and then use a company I use to split the lot.

I still use the checklists/grading system for staff evaluation.Such a good book, we run our company off of the EOS

My goal is to scale up over the next few years and add another 10-20 doors.I ran across someone that is saying they are building quadplexes in the same town in Texas as my current rentals there, so I have some support system there.High level this is the idea on the deal:4 units constructed as 2 duplexes on one parcel.1250sqf 3/2/1 units$650k sale price, CME is $820k according to builder, will have a independent CME done if/as I move forward.Rent per unit is $1750 based on the other quad in the developmentBest guess at this point is about $16k/year cash flow at a 9.5% cap rate.Builder is a sister company of a established company in a related industry that has done "some" builds before but not a lot.

However, due to the whole area now being deemed by insurance companies as a "fire-risk" zone, I can't find a single insurance company to put a STR endorsement on a regular home owner policy up there.

I've primarily taken past 8 months off as I was dealing with moving to new city/company.