Thanks for all of the ideas and contributions you guys have made.Right now I'm trying to organize the numbers of all the different options.

An agent needs to sell themselves as being an individual to connect with their clients.However, as an investor, you don't necessarily want to highlight that you are an individual, but rather a larger entity or organization.  

They have a good, stream-lined organization and lots of experience.Andy

You'll likely have to pay each time you meet if not a member of the organization.

Learning to raise and organize money and having the right vendors to execute are major development activities that are far easier to learn by being an apprentice with someone locally than they are by doing it yourself.  

Then, I ask them to send it in immediately, but I also tell them that it's standard procedure for us (us is me, but I feel like it sounds less like I'm some one-man yahoo if I posture like I'm an organization) to post a three day notice to quit on their door (this is the first step for an eviction in my state; I don't know what yours requires).

I am definitely not that organized lol. 

Account Closed take a look at NARPM.org this professional organization has all the property managers by area.

Awesome organization.  

The home is near: Where you work,Where you bank,The residence of one or more family members, andRecreational clubs or religious organizations of which you are a member.