Any idiot can mismanage a property and let performance decline...but PMs are expected to be experts in this field. 

@Giedre BasovAshish is a great CPA, CFP and real estate expert.

They are not real estate people so I need to be the "industry expert". 

I’m not an area-expert but I’m learning.

I'm definitely not an expert but I have reached out to several owners of very rough properties to see if they would be interested in selling, but I have not received any response either. 

I’m no expert there but have considered making that an option moving forward for when I’m offered private money, which, has begun to occur to me more as I describe the deals and opportunities in my market.

You will be able to tell the experts what is right and wrong because you should never every trust the opinions of others or brokers because other people have their own agendas that seldom align..

I going to schedule a consultation with Kalani at ADU Geeks as it seems like he's the local expert!

I've always used local property managers who are experts on the local market where the property is located. 

But that said, keep in mind that investing in real estate is only partly investing in a location and an asset per se, and is largely about running your own business... the results you will experience will stem more from how you run your business than anything else in most cases... so get scrappy and become your own expert, and DEFINITELY be careful about whose advice you trust, especially if the advice-giver stands to make a buck off of you!