As Kristen said best to do your homework and referrals help, however I'd say actually interviewing a few property managers would be your best bet and whichever one you get the best feel from and in your opinion will be the best fit for you is the one I'd go with.There's plenty who've been doing it for years but do not put an emphasis on customer service to tenants etc and are just check collectors - others will be more hands on.

Curb appeal is vey important and I think many don't put enough emphasis on the landscape.

Typically it's the greatest expense for any family," said Chris Lehane, head of global policy and public affairs for Airbnb.

I've seen good tenants start out really great and then six months or a year later just totally flake out.Whether you blame it on global warming, drinking the local water or mental illness it's just part of the biz and you follow procedure.

I currently work for a large global asset manager full-time, a large online retailer part-time, and I serve in the Army Reserve part time.

. - You can go up to 96.5% on the LTV with FHA and use up to 85% of leased units toward global debt to income.

@Rich Baer  company in CA I am thinking about I am pretty sure is called Global recoveries.. they do a lot of work for banks as well.

So though you may care about what your family thinks, don't put that much emphasis on it. 

You should evaluate not on on a property by property basis but also a global DCR of your entire portfolio.

I know when you buy your first home to live in yourself location is very important im just curious if you have to put the same emphasis on it if your going to rent them out.