Get a maintenance contract on your hard systems that feature 2x a year service.

You may want to make an introduction between your CPA to those 2 colleagues.The CPA can go over their services and pricing to your colleagues.I partner with many people on real estate deals - It never gets to a discussion on whether they do their own tax return or hire a professional.If a partner mentions he will provide capital - does he provide the capital on a timely manner.If a partner mentions he will find deals - does he find many deals and provide an analysisIf a partner mentions he will manage a property - does he manage the property well(find tenants, collect rent, communicate with contractors, etc)

Dealing with warranty service is a pain in any situation but when you also have to deal with a tenant on top its even worse.

You only need a place to track tenant information, payment history, maintenance, etc.

I believe in servicing both owner and guests.

I don’t need help often but have had good luck with customer service when needed.  

These typically include services like renters insurance, HVAC filter delivery, pest control, and sometimes utility management.

Additionally, when underwriting deals, you need to account for the general idea that repairs and maintenance will be a larger percentage of your rent, the lower your rental is.  

That means weekly on going preventative maintenance fixing small problems before they become big problems. 

What property management software or tools would you recommend for tracking rent payments, leases, and maintenance requests?