Just know that the majority of those in the 'education segment' of real estate are presenting you their information to make the speaker money... and if you happen to benefit too... that 's great!  

I used to think all realtors were more or less the same as well :)Of course there's good and bad and shades in between.  

Quote from @Rafael Valdor: I hear horror stories about renters all the time, but that doesn't mean all renters are bad.

Quote from @James Hampton: That's a bad practice to follow.If an occupant is not named on the lease, you may have difficulty enforcing rules or evicting them.

Used PSI last year, they did a bad job, the snow wasn't even bad last year and with several attempts asking them to do better within the terms of the contract, they still sucked. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

The reason being if you show them those reserves and the deal goes bad, they are gonna come after you for that $ and that will put you in a really bad position.

If you tie the bonus to early renewals, a bad employee will renew bad tenants just to earn a quick buck.

I truly feel bad for people who have to work instead of investing in real estate, especially those with kids.

Sometimes the long term capital gains are palatable and it may make sense for you to pay the tax rather than force a bad deal.