Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I recommend educating yourself as best you can to avoid some common mistakes.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance or recommendations.

Does anyone have any recommendations or something they can refer me to. 

Just a thought.If PMS or escrow accounts seem like the best path, could you recommend specific tools or platforms to streamline these processes?

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

- Lastly I would also consider recommendations for a company who offers HELOCS (NOT cash out refi) for rental properties.

It was a gut punch to see the tenants whose income we were counting on mass exodus the building right after we closed Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I don't recommend investing out of state for your first property.