Being that you are out of state, I would highly recommend that you work with one of them.

I rode high in that saddle.But then a series of unpleasant tenant things happened, and too many units needed to be rehabbed and rented out at once.

I would suggest getting professional pictures taken, or at least using something a bit more high quality and ensuring there is sufficient light in all the rooms.

I've heard Stessa and Buildium for the most part but find it's actually very difficult to use for the average small scale landlord (I have 7 doors)The cost of Buildium I think is way too high for the small scale self managed landlord like myself. 7 units comes to $55/monthAs for Stella, the UI isnt the greatest and probably tailored for more property management companies, and the accounting features are rather lacking for Canadian tax laws.

I would highly encourage you consider House Hacking.

We did not need help in deciding what our investment niche would be; we needed help in creating and implementing a tax strategy plan for a married couple composed of a high-income earner and a real estate agent and business owner.A few weeks after paying the $25k, we set up our first meeting with our assigned CPA and started the so-called “advanced tax courses” provided, which are generic modules that only vaguely introduce financial concepts, topics, and terminology.

I had one accountant give a quote that was quite high for a small number of properties, and Quickbooks eliminated their desktop platform.  

Their opportunistic fund returns IRRs in the high teens / low twenties.

I've since sold them.Now I only flip to sell, low volume, high margin.

@Brett Deas,there are several factors here:First, if your investor base is used to specific assets, where they have full(ish) visibility of the asset, convincing them to invest in a blind pool fund is hard.Second, it looks like you graduated high school a couple years ago, so presumably your track record is only 2 yrs old.