Other factors include location, employment, size of town/city and lastly interview property managers.  

I must admit that your company is on my short list to interview when the time is right.

Interview 3-5 folks in every field (lender, broker, roofer, etc.) then make a selection.2) you don’t need a General Contractor, you need skilled professionals

I've listen to many podcasts where new investors are interviewed and they speak about how the started with no money and yet have been able to amass 20-30 units in the first year or two.

Try yelp and hit up a few and interview them.

One of the BP podcasts was interviewing flippers in I think Texas and they said how they have trouble finding contractors sometimes since they do not pay top dollar since they are flippers.

I am happy to report that after an extensive interview process I hired a property manager that was recommended by you guys!

I am happy to report that after an extensive interview process I hired a property manager that was recommended by you guys!

Husband would fix the repairs inside Taking care of advertising the homes (usually, we had more than one vacancy at a time) Take phone calls and screen tenantsSchedule open houses Staging the house Interviewing the applicants Making sure I double checked their application forms Making sure they met our criteriaVerify EmploymentVerifying funds and incomeTyping up the lease and making sure they understood the lease Making sure the Tenants abided by the lease agreementMaking sure the tenants paid their rent on time Sent Notice to Quit for Non Payment of Rent the very first-day rent is late.Deal with evictionsLandlording is about making a tough decision and doing things you don’t like to have to do.Landlording is a Business.You have to not LOVE YOUR HOUSE.

In a recent interview of the richest family financial advisors in the world it was stated rich people invest 28 percent in the stock market and 22 percent real estate, for their overall portfolio.