If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  

Keep records of the payment timing to substantiate your reporting if needed.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

If you don't have the funds yourself, you need to develop a solid relationship with those that do.

Failure to meet material participation rules will limit rental losses to offsetting passive income or carrying forward.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

I am merely interested in better understand your investment relationship with the company because I am not clear how the FBI will be able to assist in recovering a $5,000 investment.  

but that's dependent on your job, relationship, goals, commute... we can't advise you on that.

While you're interviewing PMs, I'd also be interviewing Realtors to help you with this, focusing on ones that have relationships with PM in the area, have helped investors before, etc.

Even if these relationships don't go anywhere, you'll get a lot from just having a couple of calls.Next I would try to find some local investment groups/communities and try to chat with as many investors as you can to get an idea how other's started out in your market.

The fix/flip might be a good way to get such a relationship started: usually has lower cash out of pocket requirements and you can sell the property faster to recoup the capital invested, plus any profits.

Whether we are related to the landlord from our previous rental, and if so, to specify the relationship.3.