A great way to start is to ask a few other RE professionals for recommendations.

Maybe hobby landlords but professional landlords do not collect rent.

I am looking to network and find professionals that could help me get started and can introduce me to their network.

I hope to not offend you by dropping the conversation to a more basic level than the other professionals who responded.

I’m a property manager in upstate NY and I’ve started a series of interviews with local professionals in the real estate field and I could use some help.

We only have a house or two, we say.And just because we got away with not having a professional layout when we received a mortgage for our first rental or even second rental, we think it's okay just to present a mortgage company, bank or hard money lender, just some figures written down on a piece of paper or on an Excel Spread Sheet.But what happens when the time comes when you want to really expand?

My point is that STRs could be profitable enough to easily justify PM fees and therefore be a more passive RE investment option.Just another thing to consider.Just to complete the picture on the units we use a PM, our 3rd unit with a professional PM is OOS (Alabama). 

Either way, congratulations on the purchase and for taking the risk in the first place but you need to get a safer more conventional property loan in my professional opinion to give you better chances in keeping this property especially if you have a long term rental income plan for it. 

Find a professional.

I'll have to bookmark this page to get back to a few of the professionals here when I need help on our multifamily acquisitions in Texas this year.I don't have any referrals in the space you're looking for but in general, when searching, you can also just punch in "YOUR CITY or AREA" plus "ATTORNEY" into the search window above and check out a few bios and people's past endorsements to zero in on someone that fits your ticket.