Avoiding the occupants from squatting is best addressed with background checks, employment verifications, and references before signing the lease.

@Raul Velazquez The 3 things I would recommend besides reading books/audio/sites are:1.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

This seems to be breaking down new construction and is a national average so kind of hard to read into this what it means in general but I would not expect a 665k new construction house to be my target for a rental property. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

He should read his mortgage and see what it says about renting and/or converting to rental.

Your reading of that section isn't exactly what I would take away.

Use next 4-6 months to learn by listening, reading and watching how the real estate investment game works.

I think I’m stuck in the paralysis stage, I have read some books and been to the conferences.

I did all my other due diligence like asking for paystubs, W2s, Tax returns, Employment verification, bank statements etc etc and did not see any red flags overall.