https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2015-04-01-biggerpockets-...

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Read my blog entry Risk Management for the Self Manager.  

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

I would worry much less, at this stage, about which account is going to earn you more than how to make more money at your job or take on a side gig also to enhance it.A lot of blogs and people will have you focus on the micro here, not buying Starbucks, or getting a .01% better yield, but that doesn't really matter right now because it's not a big earn.

People read too many blogs and think maxing out leverage is good, but most of the time it's not if you are newer because of what @Chris Seveney said.Having equity in your home is a balloon you can keep in a closet for things, but too many people rush to use it.

@Robert Herrick some ideas https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2014-02-23-5-exit-strateg...

Check out this post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/11961/8...1.

Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team