@Steffany Boldrini As a lesson to other people hiring interior decorators online, can you please tell everyone what caution flags should have told you not to hire this person?

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Make sure to do your due diligence when selecting a property management company to hire.

This could be just specific to the real estate industry, but in both recruiting and cybersecurity consultants (hackers for hire), the ones that start their own business/consultancy, are the ones who after spending 2 years (usually exactly 2 years which is when recruiters will message them), the high performer will either 1.

Now, I had to hire an attorney to foreclose in hopes of recouping my $. 

Before we sold it we hired a management company to reduce the burden, but even then we decided to sell and walk away. 

Unless you have time, desire and knowledge, hiring a property manager sounds like the right option.

I have smelled it in the halls and in the other tenants air vents.

I would suggest giving it up and just hire an agent when you are ready to transact in the future.

IMO how you treat the BRRRR project regarding who you hire and what you spend and timeline depends on the region and SOW3.