Clearly there are companies who are thriving with in-house management.

So for example, here in Greenville, South Carolina, we have major auto manufacturers, BMW, Michelin and a whole host of smaller companies that manufacture parts for these larger facilities at BMW and Michelin.

We've had great tenants, a good property management company, and few expenses over the past few years.

I've heard about turnkey companies (properties that a company owns, is already rented, and ready to sell with tenants in it) but am not familiar with any names of companies.

Currently I use Foremost insurance but their prices have gone up somewhat significantly this year and I’m wondering if anyone has a good company/agent they like to use and would recommend as a place for me to start looking.

Right now you are the licensed, insured, have  o experience and if you work remotely off little in the way of hands on at a property.Honestly someone could hire a Virtual Assistant from a other country.I would try and build your resume by working for a company for now.

If it makes a difference, the DIL could purchase in her name or in her construction company's  LLC name. 

However I have done residential real estate deals in 13 states using various exit strategies and my main advantage for this project is that I own a GC company within range of the property with experience handling large scale projects.

We just bought a condo on the Gulf Coast, and the old management company has said the same snowbirds come to our unit every year from December 15- March 31.

There are a few ways to accomplish this transaction: a real estate broker acting as a transaction coordinator/facilitator (not representing the buyer or seller), a real estate attorney, and/or a title company.I would opt for a licensed broker to handle the contract of sale, and hand it over to the title (or escrow) company.