It sounds like you're working really hard to make this work for them instead of measuring them against hard standards.I recommend you establish clear screening criteria.

My wife and I are considering taking on this role as a property management team, managing these properties from our current location in Washington state.Our plan is to establish a reliable network of local contacts in the area—such as maintenance professionals, agents, lawyers, etc.

If you approach it with a mindset of establishing facts upfront, you can sidestep a lot of the fluff.

Build a portfolio by establishing a reserve fund, leveraging equity, and networking with investors.Good luck!

A TREND is usually something nobody identifies until AFTER it is already long established.  

I purchased an investment home under my personal name as my LLC had not been established yet, now wanting to transfer to my LLC.

If you can establish yourself as an expert in these types of transactions and perform a excellent service...more business will follow.

Has anyone established a company (llc or other) to manage your own properties?

Full disclosure on that, I'm writing and publishing that alongside Jake and Gino.Now, I had a good amount of experience before joining the group, so I was probably further ahead than most, but there are plenty of guys and gals in the group who are starting from square one and through the relationships they establish in the group, the get their first deal done way quicker than they ever imagined.But like all things in life, Uri, you get out of the group what you put in.Hope that helps!

Establish a relationship with them and learn their numbers and it will make it much easier to crunch numbers if they can not get out there right away and you need to make an offer.