I've found mine.

I had nothing to do with the tenants-I did not know their names nor they mine.

A major concern of mine is protecting my personal assets from any issues that may arise in my real estate dealings.

They are jerks and unprofessionalI did mine thru Harvard Business Services Inc

My latest idea is to put most of the cash in a relatively low-risk investment - mix of bonds and gold ETF - then take an SBLOC against that portfolio to purchase my flips with. 

Hi @Wesley Quinn, property managers are worth their weight in gold and ultimately, they are the means by which you can scale in real estate.Here are some recommendations on how to find a property manager:1) Google and Yelp to see what the available universe of managers is2) Call the owners of comparable properties to see how they use and get referrals3) Qualify your list by whether or not they have experience in managing the kind of asset that you plan to buy and how professional they are e.g. do they have a team, do they employ software like appfolio, building etc4) Property management works best when you ‘asset manage’ them so don’t plan to be completely hands off.

@Matthew Baltzell I would say mine was not providing feedback to brokers on properties they sent me when first starting out. 

A client of mine had a sprinkler system break and if he had offered to pay the deductible for everyone it would have been 4 units.  

This money is now mine, for me to use however I want.

I made that mistake to, a 3 month estimated rehab is now on its 6th month. no contract signed 1/3 of the money paid after demo.He just had to many jobs and was not making enough time for mine.