I am a local agent, property manager, investor, and house hacker in SLC area.

A good manager will handle everything from marketing to maintenance and tenant screening, saving you time and stress.Vendors and LandscapingBuilding a team of dependable vendors—like landscaping companies, contractors, and insurance agents—is critical.

As noted above, having an agent that is familiar with investing can help in how the investing market looks versus how buying a personal property looks.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Next I interviewed agents and found a good one that takes his own photographs( ex photographer so they were good).The Last thing I did worked.....

I’ve got a great team including contractors, real estate agents, and lenders.

Sellers are always going to look at more money down more favorably unless the agent explains the why behind doing the FHA, especially in a competitive market.

Also if you are selling, hopefully your agent has advised you but good practice to have a vacant unit to open the buyer pool to owner-occupied buyers/house hackers.

While I don't know the nuances of the market, I do have a client that's a real estate investor and agent in Phoenix that could probably give you some suggestions.

I'm an independent agent here in AR and I write a lot of rental property, with ~6 preferred markets and if the properties have some issues, age, claim history etc.