The only reason I am hesitating is that the loan officer wanted to run a hard credit pull even to send me a term sheet which was really strange.

I've seen loan officers positions, property evaluators, assistant property management and others as examples.

You may want to send your tenants frequent letters and note to remind them and include dental floss in your list.It does not take a rocket scientist to replace a sewage ejector pump and any decent (not the idiots) handyman should be able to replace one.

Ned out here in the Wild west access is a major part of a title search.. the title officer/  ( U may know them as abstractors) must find on the public records that the subject property has access to a public right of way.. if it does not its land locked.. so in rural settings that means reading a lot of easement deeds.. these are major issues in many areas of the west. 

I would recommend interviewing a few different brokerages to figure out which office would best suit YOUR needs. 

Quote from @Russell Brazil: The reason seems pretty obvious to me This is my favorite office GIF

About 1.5 years ago I decided to move my 'office' into my living room and fully furnish my extra bedroom and bathroom for traveling students & professionals. 

I chose to rent to a local law enforcement officer instead because he had a steady job, good credit and lived locally.

I am sure there are other things that would need to be done first.Someone posted about working part-time at a RE or investor's office, and I would be willing to do that for a fixed, short-term, like 6 months or so, but a lot of the job postings require a license. 

We have a large property management company our entire office uses it to manage hundreds of units.