Similar to if you hired a company to replace a roof-you don't have a copy of the bill for all of the shingles and nails, but you have a copy of their bill that has those effectively built in.

I'm settled in now and my rental property is listed through a property management company. :-)

I paid a licensed and insured company, who is pretty big in our area, to replace it. 

A great PMC (Property Management Company).Whatever rental you buy, they have to deal with it every day. 

A lot of people don’t realize this, but in addition to real estate agents selling stuff, they are also being sold, every brokerage, every title company, even lenders, have courses on literally scripts, how to build out your social media, how to find fsbo listings etc, truth is none of these are effective, pretty much the only way to be a successful agent is either ton of ad spend or the hard work of meeting people in person through events meetups etc, but brokerages make money by head count, even title and lenders are happy if you close a few deals a year with them, so they sell this stuff to agents who than use those scripts on you, it’s a whole prymond scheme lol

Talk to an (investor savvy) agent or STR management company while you are there. 

Hi, I'm in the process of starting a vacation rental management company (already have clients ready to signup) and would love feedback from other property managers on best management software to use.  

My company has done 1031s for 31 years, we work in all 50 states, and we're very good at what we do. 

Within the next 5 years, I would like to get to about $10,000 per month in cash flow to basically be an insurance policy in case I am unable to fly due to medical reasons or an accident. 

I have started a property management LLC company to manage these properties for myself and hope to grow that business as well.