If yo plan to buy and hold, make sure you have a good property management company ready as well 

I'm looking to sell my first home, which I've been renting out for the last 2 1/2 years -- I first contacted my property management company  for seller services, and they initially wanted a year exclusive selling rights.

Is there any software, websites, or do I have to contact each utility company separately and set it up that way?

I sold my company two years ago and I'm looking for investment opportunities in the real estate space, specifically single-family houses.

The initial condition report, tenant communications, and maintenance requests were properly recorded, proving that this issue had existed long before our management began.When the lawsuit came in, both the property owner and our company were off the hook—all because we had a clear, well-documented paper trail showing that the negligence occurred under the previous management.This situation reinforced one of the most valuable lessons in property management: Documentation isn’t just paperwork—it’s protection.✅ Always keep thorough records✅ Make communication traceable✅ Ensure maintenance requests are properly logged and addressedYou never know when good documentation will save you from a nightmare scenario.What’s the wildest property management situation you’ve encountered?

I wanted to be absolutely sure I had complete agency and that I knew how to perform my own analysis over various situations.

My biggest challenge right now is finding a property management company that offers rent-by-the-room leasing services.

Quote from @David Ondrich: Here's a link to my company's application: https://northstaronline.managebuilding.com/Resident/rental-a...We use Buildium as our software service.

It depends on various aspects like how involved you want to be, how much time do you have, do you want to do renovations and select tenants yourself or are you happy to turn all of this over to a company that does all of this for their livelihood and just grow a portfolio with them? 

As you were in property management, not sure if you ran your own company, but as you look at it..