PLUS, good property management companies are great to build relationships with; they see and hear of off-market deals.

Explains a lot about different ways they operate and what you can do to ensure a good relationship, good work, and reasonable prices.

Ultimately up to how you want to proceed though and what you want/think your relationship with them would look like as a result.

There is more that goes into it but you are essentially a middle man.For fix and flips you don't need a credit if you make relationships with asset based hard money lenders.

@William Coet this is likely going to be quite variable and be determined by your relationship with the institution you are seeking to do business with. 

Tenants will not burn the house down on purpose if you are a good landlord, and hopefully even if you are not, but tenant-landlord relationships are important and landlord is not passive.

We believe customizable funds allow fund mangers to build a more holistic relationship with an individual investor and build custom portfolios within a single fund that can match an individual's cash flow and risk tolerance.

I had a good relationship with the listing agent and was able to structure a below value deal (beating out iBuyers and other investor offers).

Ultimately the goal is to build a great, creative relationship with the right lender whose in my corner and I can trust.

Call the realtors who are selling the assets you want to buy and build those relationships to understand what they are seeing and get on their radar.