I don't have any extravagant dreams for stuff. 

I thought I was getting a good deal when they offered 6% of income and I negotiated down to 5%.Now I am being nickeled and dimed to death, dealing with a very disorganized company, terrible marketing strategy which result in 5 months (cumulatively between teo properties) and poor decisions being made from the property management company to solve tenants problems costing more money than it should.Needless to say, very poor experience and I am less than pleased.Before hiring this company I was managing them myself from in the area and didn't have many issues other than dealing with an older home with the occasional call to the handyman when my time was spread thin and honestly felt like it was possible to do from afar but didn't want to risk issues down the road and wanted a TRULY passive experience.Here is my current situation:I live in chicagoTwo single family rentals in Wisconsin One condo rental in chicagoOne single family rental in Louisville KYWorking on another rental in chicago currently Is it worth it to hire someone near me to manage from afar and develop contacts such as a handy man in the respective areas to manage?

I May do Bedrooms occasionally.

I have always used local community banks who appreciate the business and are responsive and competitive on rate & term; and occasionally I would refinance (after investing in improvements) and place with the same small group of community banks. 

You get an occasional strip club in a shopping mall, but mostly land values reflect the usage.

For a sponsor like that usually doesn’t make sense to put her offering on a 506C/Crowdfunding portal and pay an extra fee. occasionally I do see some do this anyway.

Occasionally you’ll see homes listed with 2 or 3 bedrooms that have a lot of square footage.

Our results over the last 15 years:Average tenant stay: 5 years.Average annual maintenance: about $350 plus the occasional water heater or air compressor.Average turn cost, less than $500.

I would eventually like to get to where I have a couple rental properties and also work on minor flips occasionally as well?  

Turnkey for someone that does remodeling work is different from someone that buys the occasional property and has another full time occupation.