My family made theirs in real estate (house hacking a private money funded 4 family when I was little) so two different philosophies.

There are always two sides to every story and I think that if you want details you should probably pick up the phone especially if someone has mentioned that they are more than open to have a conversation with you to answer all your questions. 

I've ben using RentVine for about two years now and am very happy with it.

Step two is learning to make it profitable.

November to March tends to be the slowest leasing period so you are likely fighting that battle, but if you aren't at least beginning to receive more inquiries or having showings without tenants at minimum interested in a mid March/April move-in there are two potential issues: the home is over priced compared to competition or the property is inferior in condition.

I ended up entrusting five properties to their management, and I know of two other out-of-state investors who used them as well.

If you’re paying market value and they just have zero equity I guess you could argue you’re just giving them two years to move out.

If so, I'm actually insuring two rental properties with them.

I did a 1031 exchange for two C class townhomes I sold to one of my investor clients from the West coast.

Over the past two months, and really two years, I have been watching and waiting to see when rising inventory and higher rates will finally affect the Valdosta real estate market.