@Dwight HenningRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

As a co-host for short term rentals, you may not need a license as long as you're not crossing over into activities that could be considered brokerage activities like handling any contracts, collecting rents, doing any accounting, approving tenants, etc.

We packed up and drove cross-country, arriving in Ohio on Christmas Eve in 1991.

@Kyle Cross you claim to know a lot about the industry, but your questions are vague and so is the info you've provided.Not sure how managing 8 units doesn't, "require much management"?

I’d offer to sign the form if I was allowed to cross out everything between brokerage firm and during the terms.

Hello BP community another military veteran (Marine Corps).

We've had develpment plans with stream and wetlands crossings, which required both state and Federal permits. 

It may be tempting to treat them as one property and do what is called "cross collateralization" in order to maximize the amount you can borrow.

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project..Your title report should have alerted you to the issue.The payoff the escrow company got from the lender should have alerted you to the problem.Your interview of the seller before you bought the house, should have alerted you to the problem.You calculations on the numbers should have alerted you to the problem.Check, cross check and check again.

It seems they have crossed into CPA territory and no longer need do it themselves.