We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

They know those in the market who are buying, the equipment they have to use, and know by experience who will harvest the timber with the least harm to your land.

What you get is well worth the annual registration fee.There is also a facebook group 'seattle grassroots landlords' who have been trying to raise and maintain profile of small landlords operating in seattle and maintain pressure on city government and media visibility into how the current landlord/tenant laws are harming small operators. 

Is there any harm in sending it to 5 or 6 different firms?

Instead of potentially putting ourselves in harms way we went ahead and filed a fraud report with our bank (I made payments with a CC).

No Harm No Foul.

I don't necessarily agree with the position, but if the objective is to collect the $30,000, it can only do harm to the contractor's business which is adverse to Kevin's objective.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

However, there is no harm in engaging a mortgage broker to discuss your financial situation, determine what you are eligible to buy and to continue to kick the tires by getting to know your market.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.