Look where the prices on sales are lack-luster but the rents are higher.. use zillow even if the rents seem high, dont be fooled in to over committing in a slow moving rural or blighted areas, look for absorptions and rental activity, look at the volume of history, be sure its therefar SOUTH East Texas has a lot of niches fromn the refineries and the jobs from them. 

Teak volume is decreasing.  

Sometimes we have smaller maintenance requests and while I don't mind lowering them on the prioritization scale, it gives me heartburn thinking about who I can hire to complete the job since some companies won't even touch it.

Just understand there is a cost for this somewhere and it may be in the amount of time you spend, higher maintenance costs because you don't get volume pricing discounts or longer days on market due to a lack of staff at the property management company.However, for an investor who is truly looking for a "turnkey" experience, premium property management is a must in my opinion. 

Double check the numbers they give you about volume, time to first close, average first and second-year transactions per agent, same for commissions, etc.

@Rayana Leite it is a very tough time to get into the business as a processor right now, since companies are doing layoffs or at least hiring freezes as mortgage volume drops. 2020 would have been the time.

Hence the barrier to entry in finding a local jurisdiction and area that will allow you to have a high transitory volume of guests and services. 

Would you say something like lead Sherpa is very beneficial for increasing the volume of leads?

Estimate the amount of call volume you are willing to take on first then work backwards.

Do you just have great relationships with your GC where they're willing to give up their profit margins for volume work?