They offer SFRs across the country (1031 eligible) that are fully triple net lease - meaning there's no costs to the homeowner, no vacancy liability, no unexpected repairs and maintenance, NOTHING.

Next, plan on inspecting your properties every 90 days; you can communicate this to the tenant as you ensuring the property is in good order and to help you plan for repairs/future improvements. 

So this is mostly in reference to us doing our own repairs, not necessarily looking to hire other people.

Also, prioritize repairs over aesthetics if anything structural or foundational needs attention.

Assume a couple of months of vacancy, consider potential unexpected repairs (like HVAC or plumbing issues), and test the numbers with rents dropping by 10-15%.

Getting Fair deals on labor and repairs comes from developing win/win relationships with contractors.

Since you just starting to rent it out I would include the down payment and any major repairs you have done.

I looked into the maintenance option years back to discover a trend of:  apx. 8% monthly fee which only included rent collection (everything else from maintenance to turnovers etc, extra, and poor reputation on repairs.)

I learned how to do many repairs myself, I showed all the homes myself, and I made it work.

PMC staff are good at maintenance and maybe repairs, but they are NOT licensed contractors with years of real-world experience.