If they are, check your states Secretary of State corporation look up, manytimes in their filings you will find their phone numbers.P.S.S.

I was looking at some properties and I found one owned by the Secretary of Veteran Affairs (SVA).

Me personally waste of time.When I had a bunch of rentals I would have my secretary do the default and garnishments.

“Denying housing because a person does not speak English well violates the Fair Housing Act,” said John Trasviña, HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

We used this at a  law firm I was working at (as a legal secretary) and it worked for us. 

Ah different asset class than the majority of posters on BP.its typical in our portlandia market for b to a apartment complex's that management fee is 4% .. and you pay for your on site manager to handle the day to day etc.. the PM company manages the on site manager and makes sure they are not abusing the owner.And your absolutely correct turn over kills cash flow absolutely kills it ... when folks use a 5% of gross for vacancy many times that numbers of off buy 100 to 400 % of actual .a long with maintenance.. if your having turn over every 12 to 18 months ( very common in many areas) your cash flow is probably neutral if you actually figured it out.for me personally and I am retiring from land lording  the last of my 11 or so A class SFR's I never raise the rent and when they move out I sell it. when I was running them my rents were always below market... this allowed me to only pay a RE broker a placement fee and my secretary could do the day to day.  

“HUD will use the full force of the law to protect the fair housing rights of folks who’ve been arrested or who’re returning to their communities after serving time in jail or prison,” HUD Secretary Julian Castro warned.By “full force,” he means the “disparate impact” theory of civil-rights enforcement, which HUD claims is written into the Fair Housing Act even though the phrase appears nowhere in the statute.Disparate impact holds businesses liable for colorblind policies and practices that may have adverse outcomes for minorities — in this case, screening all apartment applicants for criminal histories.

Seriously.And I can tell you, that even if you "just" keep getting a receptionist or secretary, that person will bug the owner/partner for you, because he/she will be sick of taking your calls.Just be a consistent pain that won't go away until they get rid of the problem tenants.I would not bother with any PM, if there is one.  

Think of it as having a secretary who pays the bills for the boss.  

@Tijana Flowers-Harris this is certainly a question for your accountant/CPA, but to my knowledge there are no special tax implications for you when you buy or while you own the property.However when you go to sell, if you aren't a resident of RI you may face non-resident withholding of part of the sale proceeds (see Withholding on Sale of Real Property by Nonresidents and/or the non-resident withholding law itself).Also, you should be aware that apart from tax considerations there may be legal considerations for owning property in RI if you live in Mass.For example, you may also need to register as an out of state landlord with the RI secretary of state and possibly the city of Pawtucket as well.So you'd want to ask your attorney about those and any other one-time and ongoing requirements for owning property in RI if you live out of state.