The plan was to house hack the house by setting up the third bedroom as a studio apartment with its own bathroom and walk-in closet.

thanks for your time and help 1st off, full disclosure here, Rent To Retirement advertises their properties on my Investment Properties For Sale Show, so I am not a totally unbiased opinion and it's only fair that I tell you this up frontHaving said that, outside of running my show for people like them, I also own a property management company in Northeast Ohio and have worked with 1,000's of out of state investors over the years.I say all of that to say this, the overwhelming majority of negative reviews I have seen on them are very similar to a lot of negative experiences investors have with my property management company and others like it that I've worked with.

Airbnb claims that setting up a "photo tour" on your listing will increase bookings by 6 percent, for example.  

We're still using the company she recommended.

Just google all the property management companies in your area.

The best approach is to set clear, written criteria, and then price the property at a rate that gets you enough applicants that you can find a few who meet your criteria reasonably quickly.

Planning to go back to the same company in downtown Dallas? 

Quote from @Unal Baris Kancoglu: I contacted as many companies as possible to get a quote to compare prices for new gas furnaces.

What is the quickest and most feasible way to transition from living there to setting up this house for passive income: leaving a property manager or somebody to take care of it!

LLC offers better legal protection.3) Setting up in states that allow your identity to be hid is also overblown.