Good morning @Cosmo DePintoHuntsville is an exceptional market where I’ve personally seen investors’ portfolios thrive.

After 30+ years of property management, I'd say get used to it sucks. 

That’s how I’ve grown my portfolio of SFR without using hardly any of my own money.

@Juliann Morala Yep, a buyers agent that works exclusively with investors will have all the info you need and lots of options on contractors, lenders, attorneys, inspectors, property managers.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

I talked to Padsplit and they manage SFHs renting each room to different tenants - the total rent is more than renting it out to one household.

It is also worth noting that property management is often closer to 30% of gross rent for a short-term rental due to the much more intensive hands-on management compared to a typical 10% for long-term and as such, I agree with recommendations above that medium term rentals may provide the best of both worlds if you are able to tailor proximity to a local need, e.g. hospitals and travel nurses.Again, happy to relay my personal experiences in the area if you're interested.Best of luck,Patrick

Some property managers will look at other factors, not just your credit score.

Do they use pen and paper to record this information or do they have some sort of software to manage it? 

I got great value from a $200 course on how to use Quickbooks for managing SF rentals.