There is a ton of info in the forums, podcasts and blogs.

Document your progress, goals, challenges, successes on the BP member blogs.

I understand a modest hold-back to ensure the contractor comes back to clean up any missed items but otherwise I don't understand the logic.

The fact is that many renters are of modest means, often living pay check to pay check and food security can be an issue.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

If the above does not work for some reason, I would explore selling to a newly formed S corp and at least netting the modest gain now.

From these folks I would require a modest initial rent increase.

@Javier ReynosoBP is full of useful resources such as forums and blogs.

I’m a relatively humble/modest person and therefore prefer friends, family, and the world in general not to be able to know exactly how much property I own. 2.