Work with a CPA for tax strategies, leverage each partner's strengths, and keep communication open while maintaining detailed records and hiring professionals to streamline operations.Good luck!

I do most of the putting out fires, hiring handyman, bribing people to not leave a bad review because they saw dust on a ceiling fan blade (lol). 

Many people hire an inspector.

Make sure it's dated and have your agent take a picture of it on the door.Then have your agent hire a locksmith to be at the property on the stated date with any necessary contractor.

That said, hiring lawyers to write contracts, background and credit checks on strangers that already look nefarious may just add to the stress that we're trying to get rid of.

Hire an attorney

Purchasing a new primary and turning my current house into a rental and looking to hire a PM but some of the fee's seem high. 1 quote - 100% 1st/month rent if i self-manager, or 75% 1st/mo rent and 10%/mo for PM to manage.Again, im new to this but from reading and talking to people there is a typical finders fee ~1000$ and 10%/mo rent if the PM manages. 

In the future you'll hire this out, but the knowledge gained will help you avoid getting screwed by contracators!

People just need to have more insurance and legal experience to deal in this issue and you can't rely on your hired property manager.

Included in that was hiring a courier company to run a cashiers check to the foreclosure trustee the morning before the sale literally getting the check there within 30 minutes and then have the sale cancelled record my deed and on we went.