Then hire a handyman to put everything together.Rooms to go sells whole rooms full of furniture, sometimes at zero interest.

The red flags of managing from a distance and hiring a property manager are legitimate concerns that make it more challenging.

I do not know how they are handling new customers verse the Midland existing customers.Regarding the customer service it seems the people I dealt with are still employed and only my "personal rep" as it were, was promoted and another took her place.

Probably not a good person to hire, maybe let your bosses know. 

You can also hire a real estate attorney off of UpWork or Fiverr to review the documents and give you an opinion just to be sure.

However, this could be offset by hiring a property management company.

Find a market, find motivated sellers, Hire cold callers and find deals!!!!!

It may be that they are underwriting the property at a significantly different valuation than what you are using or that they feel that you or the deal is excessively risky.Great advice here, and a good HML will have an account rep or someone to communicate with you through the process so that you know. 

Additionally, I'm banking on a future opportunity to refinance.After less than a year, here are a few tips from what I’ve learned:*Hire a local STR expert real estate agent to guide your investment location.

Usually, the confidence comes from more reps (seeing more homes and being more of an asset hunter not a spreadsheet warrior) and going to local meetups so you can meet all the other people nearby who are doing what you can't get yourself to do.Ok Elizabeth, Ready for it?