Mine are ran by a property manager.

To plan investment and future rental goals in Albany, research market trends, explore financing options, understand landlord-tenant laws, manage property early, budget for maintenance, and connect with local investors.

Are you intentionally looking to outsource the management and day to day operations to a management company versus self-managing? 

The manager or registered agent needs to be identified first and then that person needs to be skip traced.

With nearly 400 units under management, I've only had to show up in court twice in ten years.

I am a property manager as well as a broker specializing in acquisitions out of Tampa FL. 

Screening tenants is arguably the most important part to the first leg of property management.

How do you plan to manage the properties? 

My landlords manage with Azibo, and we do tenant screening with RentSpree, but there are a lot of similar products out there.

Also consider contacting houses that look vacant, simply door knocking in a neighborhood that you are interested in and talking to the homeowners in a genuine way, For Sale By Owners is another potential, using an App like Nextdoor or Facebook pages/groups related to local real estate and just telling the group what you are looking for, contractors also know about houses coming on the market soon and so do property management companies, and finally garage sales are a good way to find off-market properties as people prepare to sell.To Your Success!