But, more commonly, they bring in the capital, maybe do a site visit before closing, and ultimately just forward an investor email to the main operator, then forward the response to the investor.  

I have been frustrated with multiple things that my current property management company has been doing, and I don't feel like they communicate very well with me.

There are many other sites you can list on if you are going for Insurance Bookings but in my markets or at least for the inventory I have, it hasn't proven to bring many leads. 

I did my usual response asking if they have been to the area before, bringing a dog etc. with no response.

Feel free to reach out if you would like more information.

We feel bad that he did it for free, and he deserves to be paid for his time/effort, but if we pay him, now we have to go back to our tenant several months after the door was fixed and say “actually, we got charged after all, so now we need to pass that cost along to you”.

I feel like I have a strong grasp of the general knowledge needed for a first property, but I’d love to hear something different.

Looking to connect with any investors, realtors, property managers, contractors etc from Fort Wayne :) Feel free to comment or DM!

Off market deals usually have nonrefundable deposits and a clunkier process that isn't as suited for out of state people until they have good contacts in the area to evaluate the property (mostly contractors that feel comfortable evaluating projects for you).

Work with them to ensure they feel comfortable with you as the new property owner.