It seems that often when companies acquire large books of business in one shot there are growing pains and unfortunately those are felt at the client level.

There are no municipal-level rental restrictions. 

After years of self-managing our single-family rentals, we decided to hire a property manager to provide full service management.

given your experience, I would assume that you're OK with a slight to moderate level of rehab?

So... do I still need to check PH level.?

I'm interested in buying a specific piece of land in Ohio. I'm currently abroad, and look for someone who can, for a fee, perfom all due dilifgence for me - call the city building departments, find out about any restr...

It will ultimately depend on price point and what level of service you want to provide. 

It may feel cumbersome, but their diligence reflects the level of security and service you can expect once onboarded.

We know of a bunch of the servicers but curious of others have servicers they prefer.

Retirement accounts are designed to be invested passively so when the IRS sees you running an active business in it, to level the playing field between retirement accounts and other business the retirement account incurs UBIT.