For your 1st time, pay a Property/Land/Transaction Attorney to review the title commitment with you to make sure that there are only the outstanding liens on the property, and that the owner has title.- Collect Tax Certificate to verify Property Taxes are Paid- Get a current statement from the seller to verify the existing balance, if they are delinquent, you can get the bank on the phone to verify the amount to make the loan current.- Review the loan documents, there is most likely a due on sale clause, which is why you won't find a title company to process these for you.

Behind referral on on-line sources like Next door, Google review, FB marketplace, etc.  

I remember years ago our attorney reviewing one such issue for a client that was coming over to us. 

Review their management agreement.

I'd look for a good brand and spend some time looking at reviews from a big box store. 

Review your score and take necessary step to improve it if you are at 650 or below.  

Do they have any reviews on Google?

However, I read some bad reviews about them. 10% service fee from landlord, plus 8% from tenants.

The guy called me up a year before the date and said we can renew without the increase now or we can send it to review where it might get rejected.

After reviewing our appraisal we agree with the evaluation our appraiser made.