If you do decide to do it yourself, do what @John Underwood said.

I help manage other investors portfolios and would be happy give out some free advice anytime.

I'm having a hard time seeing if it's allowed for me to essentially manage the renting of my mom's single family property.

Because of material participation (I self-manage)/bonus depreciation/cost seg, we’ve been able to get all of our taxes back both years so far.We cannot keep going the way we have for two years, so that’s not an option.

If you decide on Philly as one of your markets I am happy to help any way that I can.

Mind you, all of my properties are worth more than their appraised value now, but during the Recession the City Manager got the bright idea that the way to easily raise revenue was to raise the appraisals, and they ended up higher than the resale value of those properties. 

I am looking for a property management company in the Fort Wayne IN area and came across Select Management Property Pros.

I have been looking at homes in alliance on up to Conneaut and just have never run across a property manager in your area.

You need to know how much money is in your wallet before you start shopping.After you have figured out your finances, you should decide what you want to shop for.

I was thinking of just having an acquisition manager to be the boots on the ground and then a lead manager to do follow ups.