Know your close date and time line to turn the EM.

One note on this @Jenny Yu. 

Especially if you're doing enough volume to get good discounts on products.

Eric,Without going into too much detail on each line item, at first I use my back of the napkin method with a 40-50% expense ratio.

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.

That’s fine down the line, but for your first property, I’d lean toward familiarity.2.

Best experience is hand on training, and not some workshop making you go back to pay for free information online. 

If they are available online or in person.

With the internet, there aren't really do overs -- most websites have other websites that grab (legally or illegally) information . . . it is pretty impossible to make anything disappear once you put it online.

Quote from @Kedric Naylor: Quote from @Lateefah Mathews: @Kedric Naylor Congrats on closing your first property and being lined up for your second...that’s huge!