It will be a top income producer for you forever as long as you remain strict, competent and ruthless with your tenant screening. 

Newbie here, scoping out the market for my long-term rental property.

Im a former Marine and long time business owner but new to real estate investing.

Check on Zillow to see what other long-term rentals are going for in the same area - if the monthly rent you could get would be worth it for you to achieve your longer-term investment goals, then it might be an option worth considering. 

All good markets to get started in as long as you have a good team in place.

Does anyone have suggestions for who would write a policy for me given I have let them lapse a long time ago? 

The one aspect, that I love because I manage so many properties across three markets, Tenant Turner takes all my rental calls, qualifies them, then they set the appt as long as they pass my questionsSaves me tons of time and money 

How long have you been self managing?

As long as you’re not planning to flip it and hold it a few years, I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

Oh, and the rogue syndicator who took advantage of us all was a darling of theirs (LU's) only a year before he "broke bad", and had subscribers from some of the long-time, experienced passive investors in the group, including a mentor or two and the executive vice president, herself!