Even if they do have 20 years experience...how do you know really?  

From experience, I’d recommend getting pre-approved, improving your debt-to-income ratio if needed, and researching local assistance programs.

@Kegan SchollFrom my experience, if you're a 22-year-old house hacker, Texas and similar markets can be great for room rentals thanks to population growth, strong demand, and tourism.

PMC staff are good at maintenance and maybe repairs, but they are NOT licensed contractors with years of real-world experience.

Here’s what I recommend instead:Offer Value Beyond Price: Rather than just lowering your rates, focus on adding value to the guest experience.

I have over 30 years experience in operating office buildings in NJ and would be will to run the operating arm of these investments for a % of the deals.

At the very least you will want to have some general foundations set because with time you will modify processes and the learnings via experience you gain.

Working with a property manager will give you a lot of hands-on experience in the day-to-day of managing properties. 

Out of curiosity would anyone be willing to share any experience with non-paying renters who've vacated the property prematurely?

Because the chances of successfully concluding a wholesale transaction when you lack experience, knowledge and capital are so infinitesimally small that you’d be better off playing the lottery.