I sold my precious business for 1.5M seller carry.

Have you checked the BizBuySell website?

Quote from @Martin Phinney: My wife and I are considering a move from the Seattle area to the Scottsdale area to be closer to her parents.

.: Hi, I had my appointment today and it went well.

The only reason we don't qualify for traditional lending is because I took some time off to help my terminally ill father, and my husband has been in a commission-based role for less than a year (the lender said you need 2 years of history for that).

My estimate is 90% of the time we obtain a tenant in our first open house.  

I would prefer to have control over my own property.

. - PM provides a cash based accounting report every month, for every unit under management, that clearly labels all rent, all expenses, including management fees, and the net directly ties to the amount of money deposited into my bank account.- PM is a licensed handyman, or has them on staff, and takes care of most unit turn work at a reasonable rate. - PM has no breakup/termination fee- PM does not take project management fees, except on large or complicated CapEx projects exceeding $5,000. 

🤔Here are a few qualities that, in my experience, separate the good ones from the great ones:1.

My advice would be to ask very specific questions to identify if your pain points will truly be alleviated.