A couple months ago there was a guest on the BP money pod that said something I really liked, "put your risk in your ROTH" and by that he meant that if you're going to invest in something riskier that has the potential to have large returns, put that in your ROTH account because you're only taxed on what goes IN to your ROTH, not what comes out.

A place that is easy (and hopefully) inexpensive for you to travel to a couple times per year to check in on things.  

In The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, it profiles a couple who used this strategy.

I owned one for 13 years but it was a STR for only a couple of years prior and the other for 7 years and was always a STR.  

Do you need all this for a couple of rentals?

Quick search "MLS Only Broker California" gives you a couple of options.

Quote from @Jordan Laney: I would call a couple snow removal businesses in the area and see what they would charge for that..

Would definitely recommend reaching out to a couple RE attorneys to chat.

Thank you Andrew, great examples, I have joined a couple of Fb groups but I think I will look at Meetup also, I appreciate your help

A couple of our cash flowing properties do not yet count towards income because they are not fully seasoned.