Many paying all cash without any third party assistance in reviewing the property or assessing its value or inspecting the renovation work and permits. 

Review their management agreement.

Do showings instead this will reduce the time you are spending.

Ill be moving in three years to either Hawaii or Colorado - and I would love to find a way to manage them all without having to spend ~$900/mo between my 3 properties.

And here's the kicker: I am having to spend far more to fix the house up to sell than I made from renting it out for 6 years.

And, document any and all property preservation money you spend. 

If we're sharing public comments, here's a Yelp review about me.

Three months later our tenant didn't pay rent and we had to start an eviction which ended up in her abandoning the property and us spending $8,000 in a cleanup/rehab of the property.

Originally posted by @Charles Soper:https://nreig.com/products/reiguard/ Charles,Just my two cents....I reviewed their insurance jackets (and lack of) with my attorney. 

Finding deals this way has become very difficult as the competition is quite intense out here these days.Another way is to work with wholesalers who spend all of their time sourcing deals for investors.