I will be the one actively managing the property and doing most of the research, and my brother will act as more of an investor.

I want to know more about the area and build a team that can help me purchase and manage properties.   

I’ve been in the industry for several years, and my work has given me a solid understanding of property systems, maintenance, and what makes a home a great investment.I’m now looking to expand my own real estate journey by learning how to acquire and manage short-term and long-term rental properties.

I have an excellent agent partner who is an MTR manager there with 24 units.

This seems like managing, which I do not care to do.

It’s impressive how you took this single-family fix-and-flip from start to finish, self-financing and managing the project as the GC.

It’s true that many property management companies are now incorporating tenant benefit packages as part of their offerings.

I recently started my own STR management company and I'm thinking about starting a referral partner program for real estate agents.

I tracked it and heard from the property manager they may take $1.3mil, but they didn't even flinch at $1.2mil cash, and we got it done. 

I work with a lot of househackers and they're typically on the 12 month cycle, rinse and repeat.While the proposition of acquiring an investment property outside of your market in a "landlord friendly" state may sound appealing, i would recommend you stay local for now and househack another couple of properties over the next few years until you've got some more time / experience under your belt.you would need a management company to cover your property that is outside of your market which would not only take 8-10% of your gross it would also leave you a bit vulnerable to a property management company that you A.)know nothing about and B.)you won't have the experience or cashflow or proximity to deal with any headaches that may arise.i would recommend staying local and househacking your way along for now and then maybe hire a local property management company initially to work with your current/local properties to get a taste of what to expect if and when you begin investing outside of your market.