If you can't or don't want to now might be a good time to unload the properties.I will say overall I think that "nobody will care more about your property than you" tends to be much more true than false. 

Long-Term Appreciation & Exit Strategy•Kissimmee and Orlando have seen steady appreciation, and with your plan for forced appreciation through renovations, your investment should grow over time.

If you don't have the time to manage the property then you would probably want a company to do that for you.

Just another way to diversify and get a great return at the same time.  

It will save you time and effort. 

They take the path of least resistance and always seem to blame their PMC for everything that goes wrong.Recommend you take some time to understand what the above graph represents and why your PMC is probably not the problem.Regarding your two PMC idea - how many water meters are there?

My wife and I have been talking about doing something like this = rental properties, flipping, house hacking, etc. for some time and after we sold our house towards the end of last year (made a good profit) are finally in a position to pursue it.I am super-focused and excited on wanting to learn as much as I can and start this journey to financial freedom.

I think RI will continue to appreciate and over time as you(tenants) pay down the mortgage creating more equity.

Start running deal analysis on properties during this time. 

Most of the times when this happens it's a blessing in disguise.