A quality property manager will have means and marketing tools to help land a quality tenant within a week of listing. 6.

Are their listings detailed with good quality photos?

Only reason I would choose higher quality materials is for STR, or a flip.

Good quality space for Airbnb investor questions also

The cap was the go-to metric 15 years ago when I started investing, now it seems way more factors come into play, such as appreciation, quality of the property (I bought something with a 22% cap in Braddock PA last year, but also the wind could blow it over at any minute...), and estimated future value increases.  

Are their listings detailed with good quality photos?

Now I really value good active maintenance, so, I think it just makes sense to pay my tenants an active maintenance voucher of about $4,500.00 per month, per sleeping room, for quality upkeep being done. 

I only buy units I would live in so they must be top quality but we have no luxury accommodations where I am unless you get into multi million dollar AirBnB rentals which is not my market.

And yes Scott I was quite shocked myself as the quality of work itself seems pretty good and the price reasonable.

If you're looking for high quality work, I would reach out to local RE agents.