Here's a detailed guide on how to screen applicants: Application Screening Guide

good call on the guide, it is a great resource.

Conventional (only Freddie Mac See Section 5102.4 of Freddie Selling guide).

BiggerPockets is a great place to find featured agents experienced with long-term rental investments—they can guide you to cash-flowing properties and connect you with resources like contractors and property managers.

I can just give you some data to guide your thought process.

Does anyone know of a vetted property manager that knows the market and area to help guide me through my first purchase?

Grant Cardone (fraud) Brad sumrok is like lifestyles, I like Joe Fairless his website syndicationschool.com is free and well done enough then you can guide yourself and go network without paying 30-50k to join a BS program

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If you need help analyzing any deals, feel free to reach out—I’m happy to guide you through it! 

As a newbie, I need someone to guide me from the beginning to try to avoid mistakes and hopefully be very successful.