The key is to interview your PM and make sure whoever your direct PM will be is on-point. 

. - that might be a situation where you would want to work with a contractor directly because you would have lots of different options with widely varying costs.

Your property manager should be supplying monthly reports and year end PnL reports that you give directly to your CPA. 

One of the larger ex-pat directed real estate investment communities here in Japan targets all-cash buyers. 

You could even try reaching out directly to local agents or small real estate firms.

They explicitly state in the course that they will keep that contract on file and if any of your clients tries to come to them directly within the timeframe that you set, they will send them back to you.I will repeat once more, I am not affiliated with this course or it's participants at all. 

I will PM you so you have my direct line.

Effectively a 'Firestorm' is a dry hurricane that rains fire, with nearly indefensible circumstances, just like the catastrophic flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters they have and will intensify in severity and rapidity.Beyond directly impacted property owners, investors, insurers and businesses, the downhill effects of the SoCal fires on the immediate and surrounding areas are astronomical and still somewhat incomprehensible.

@Kyle Carter You cannot directly use a 1031 exchange to purchase a primary residence, as the IRS mandates that the replacement property must be used for investment or business purposes.

High 6s to mid 7s is more realistic for the most common deals (70%+ LTV).Also, the FFR doesnt really directly impact mortgage rates.