Most states allow you to hire your own adjustor to come up with your own damage amount and then argue with the insurance company about.The insurance company will want to see the signed lease, proof of funds the tenant paid and confirmation the utilities were on and preferably in the tenant's name.

If you're going to hire an attorney might as well just start with their lease and not have them review someone else's document.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

If you feel these small issues are a lot to handle, you may want to reconsider whether you want to hold onto this property as an out of state landlord or at least consider hiring a real professional property manager to deal with all of this for you.

I have seen far too many times where these do not hit pro forma due to unexpected problems like theft, crime, etc.And, on top of that you are not even going to be in the US and have no ability to supervise and make sure that the people that you hired (who are not aligned with you) are looking out for your best interests.

Dylan’s willingness to act fast, even during the holidays, made all the difference.The One That Got Away: More recently, we hired a new team member in the Port St.

Hey Jonathan,I found contractors through refferals and facebook groups, those contractors were great but they are not experienced in new construction; plus with me being out of state it would be ideal for me to hire a GC, instead of sub hiring ( i dont have time for that being far away),I am switching from rentals and fix and flips due to there's just more profit when doing new construction, and way more deals!

3 separate recent studies show it is currently cheaper to rent than own in virtually every large market and that it has never been more so than currently.  

Your opportunity is also what's difficult, having virtually unlimited options :)  

Just suck it up and hire the real electricians.....it will be the best money you ever spent.They are Handymen for a reason....