I'm shopping property managers anywhere from Baltimore to Annapolis to Columbia to DC. 

Here are some things I asked mine when I was shopping for the right manager...How long have you been managing properties? 

@Douglas Skipworth  does your agency take on new agents and do you have a training program.. or is your shop better suited for experienced agents that need little to no training .. just monitoring so they stay within the rules of law and MLS etc.Personally I think many who I see post on BP that are really new could benefit greatly by going through the licensing curriculum , sales training etc ... before they go from zero to a RE investor..

So you are asking us if you should go price shopping and ignore everything else?

I have seen blocks that will have an SFR right next to a 6 unit building, only to be followed by an auto repair shop.

It's a very spread-out city with the big shopping malls way up the highway and the airport far south, and even the 'downtown' is spread out.

Convenience and access to shops, bars, food ~ all those benefits are appealing to millennials (and increasingly to baby boomers, actually).

They do shop around for you.

I can tell you this, where I stay it's student accommodation flats all around and a few shopping center buildings.

The 3 unrelated rule can be overcome, but with an extra occupancy designation, see article in Coloradoan for a start point http://www.coloradoan.com/story/money/business/201...Let me know if you want to grab coffee, I would love to network and talk shop with a local Fort Collins Investor!!