.), but in Jackson county, evictions take forever because of the back log (i.e. 2 months, sometimes more). 

If these problems persist through the second tenancy, you should evaluate whether you are using the right PM.  

Decide what type of property you want, then you have to start finding which markets you want to look for, and then start evaluating properties.

They want to evaluate the property for asbestos, lead, mercury and many other noxious items. 

What are you going to benchmark your statistics against to evaluate your PM's performance? 

In addition to what Mateusz mentioned, "A deal', you may want to evaluate your geographical area.  

I am working with my broker helping evaluate, buy, rehab and sell houses in CT.  

I typically eat at my desk and pull up Offer Memorandums or notes from talks with sellers and use that time to evaluate deals.

I often buy something on lowesforpros.com, which, if you're logged in, has lower prices than lowe's.com.

The only way I see it feasible to go at it now is if either dude from Iowa is willing to fly out to you each time you get a serious one on the hook (highly doubtful), or if one of your parents/nearby relatives is well versed in evaluating properties and willing to take the time every time to go through it with you.