You'll need maintenance people, inspectors, agents to show the property, etc.RentRedi doesn't handle any of that.Regarding finding a PMC:Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Quote from @Michelle Miner: I am currently TRYING to close a deal with them... not sure if it is going to cross the finish line.

However, all I see is another attempt to grab our contact information to spam us or cross-sell to members.

If you were to rent it out long term, that's where you cross the line. 

Also, I would also not cross-collateralize the houses if a lender would even do a portfolio loan.On your second question about multifamily, I would not jump to multifamily until you have experienced the common management problems with single-family as the expenses scale with the size of the property as well as the cost of mistakes.I would consider getting Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) on each property.

After seeing him at a REIA, during his cross country REIA tours to find victims, I went through his bootcamp.

@ mags@Maggie Jones  I would suggest they buy a bowel with a rim around it, They make them for cats and you fill the rim with water and it makes a small moat around the food that ants have a hard time crossing.  

Hello @Ocean Marin  Are you in the High Desert? 

I keep a pocket notepad and cross completed tasks off. 

Yea I've crossed paths with him a few times throughout the years.