I think when you hire a PM you have 3 choices 1)  A very small local provider (<15 units) and they tend to me 1-2 person operations, they are the one unclogging toilets, answering guests, etc and it is tough to do everything, so things lack. 2) A large/nationwide provider where you are only a number and they usually lack local resources 3) A mid size local provider who have resources and you are not just a number.Through effective revenue management with a revenue manager, and being listed on 15+ sites including Marriott Homes & Villas, JetBlue and Allegiant Airlines, Hyatt and Amex Travel (coming soon) we are bringing in more revenue than most can self managing, offsetting our fee.One of the top questions I tell people to ask their manager is the fees, who keeps them? 

Population is growing aggressively and jobs are moving here especially with major employers like Intel, Google, Amazon, Nationwide, etc.

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

I've been a nationwide developer for the past 17 years. 

You will find that most nationwide HMLs have a minimum loan amount of $100k for both purchase and rehab.

The property is listed with a licensed professional real estate agent with an in-house network and a network with the MLS service, Realtor.com nationwide, and perhaps a number of other sites.  

And just keep doing that, let it season.yes, the trick is the same:1. buy house that appreciate double than inflation, double than nationwide average2. put 30-40% LTV3. financing as long as possible.for that to work, we need reserve, that reserve is coming from other money printing system that we have, it could be w2 as cardiologist or car mechanic, but the way is the same.And if someone is really really good , try to raise capital, and do the same (I'm not on this level lol) Btw, Miami appreciation looks super good for next ten years.

It is impossible not to increase your bottom line with thousands of "Baby Boomers" going into retirement in communities nationwide who will be needing service enriched housing but,  still wanting to avoid institutional settings.Converting some houses into home like personal care can be tricky.   

There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

Nationwide we're in several quarter now where we see zero growth while residential RE appreciation keps agoing up.Residential real estate in theory and practice is always better than investing at asset that's valued using cap rate because that's derivative product of (a) supply-demand local apartment (b) the asset is valued only following rent income.About to say.......... in US it's way way way more "profitable" to invest at residential that appreciates , rather than a CRE where valuation is much more volatile and dynamics.I would lose money now if I buy CRE few years ago, luckily I made the right decision by investing residential where I can control and the appreciation curves is exactly like what I've forecasted.