.- Once your time is more impotant to you then the cost of a PMC, you can hire one.2) Hire a PMC to guide you on your first rental and learn from their expertise.- You can buy additional properties and DIY manage those, perhaps leaning on the PMC for any issues you're not sure how to handle on your own.Good luck:)

This PM company is clearly out of their depth even though they told me last month that they had hired more staff and were making improvements to their processes.

.- Most contractors will cut corners, or worse, once they figure out they won't be watched closely:( Your job will also go to the bottom of their priority list.Monitoring progress is relatively easy: hire that same inspector to go by weekly or before any payments to take a VIDEO of:1) What was done2) Quality of workmanshipOne other thing you didn't ask about, payments to contractors.- They all want 50% down or as much as they can squeeze out of you. 

If you can’t, or don’t want to, hire an attorney to do so and inform you of the pertinent parts2.

Glue residue can really be a pita, but a judge probably doesn't think so, but will usually respect hired out repairs.

Why not just hire a local real estate agent to handle leasing? 

I then hired contractors for plumbing, electrical, roofing, and HVAC upgrades.

I then hired contractors for plumbing, electrical, roofing, and HVAC upgrades.

If you can't perform to the new standard were setting, I strongly suggest stepping back and hiring one of us who are setting this new standard. 

This is usually the case if past owners did a poor job maintaining, and just hired the cheapest neighborhood handyman to patch everything.