Hiring a VA is like hiring anyone else, and sometimes more difficult since they're remote and you can't sit down and show them the ropes every day for a month until they learn it all- relocation, you might not have to relocate, I know there was one property manager on peter lohmanns podcast who only does remote PM, but they have some employees in the area in which they manage, so that might be worth finding and listening to.

It's too small to have employees and efficiencies but more work than I'd want to handle myself relative to other interests.

I hired my first employee just this weekend.

He wasn't giving into the state and local governments mandate for employees to be forced to wear masks, get vaccines, etc and he started getting "threats" saying that he could be taken to court and have assets seized if he continues "breaking the emergency laws" during covid time.That could be viewed as an extreme example, but things like this worry me as I have my own company and employees.

I have primarily experienced this with employers that want a written consent before releasing any details about an employee, understandably so. 

This attracts a lot of students and employees that make the commute from Cedar Rapids.I hope this was helpful!

I'm wondering how the latter works in the case of employee turnover, etc. 

@Justin MeltonYou can also reach out to larger local companies that have HR departments that help locate temporary housing for employees. 

While people can say these situations are rare, I got an employee to admit an eerily similar situation took place in San Diego recently... it also happened in Berkeley.

I am making an educated guess based on working on more than a few purchases and sales as an employee of operators.