@James E Fraley JrProperty managers absolutely hire assistants to manage overflow.

If it's a lender that does not allow me to speak to an underwriter, see guidelines, or speak to an account manager, I will try not to work with them, unless I know the Account Executive is very experienced. 

However, I am unsure on how to go about finding the proper handyman/maintenance guy/management team to help run any out-of-state investments I make.

I shows my what dates people are searching for this year and last year.

But I see people turning long term or highly appreciated primaries in to rentals.

Capacity and Tolerance. 1) Capacity: how many people can you comfortably fit in the property, is there room to add more, or add more value to the tenants to increase rent.2) Tolerance: How many people are you comfortable living with, if there are vacancies are you able to handle that.House hacking is an amazing path to homeownership, and a nice low barrier to entry into self managing your properties.

Congratulations on such a successful management company. 

Colder climates see fewer moves in the winter, and things really slow down around Thanksgiving and Christmas when people are busy with the holidays and family.Second, talk to your PM.

@Kyle McVay I self-managed my first 5 units and then transferred all new units to a PM.

I have not done it myself, but have helped some people with financing.