Many property owners choose to hire management firms to handle the logistics of renting out their properties, especially if they do not live nearby or prefer not to manage the rental process themselves.Here's how it can work:Hire a Property Management Firm: You can contract a reputable property management firm that specializes in managing rental properties.

If you use a properly vetted, reputable and experienced GC, statistically it seems less likely there will be issues compared to a fact pattern where  you self manage  the work as a first timer.

I am in the raleigh north carolina area and was curious to know if there are any highly reputable attorneys and/or agents familiar with short sales.

It's a duplex that I'll be house hacking.Outside of real estate, I enjoy almost ANYTHING outdoors, when indoors I love movies and board games, I'm dedicated to my volunteer ministry, and I've become fluent in Russian (learning Ukrainian).I also run my own SEO, marketing and web design agency, which I am PASSIONATE about! 

Could anyone recommend a reputable 1031 exchange company?

This is how new investors ruin their reputations before they even have one. 

The sale should always go through a reputable title company where they handle the funds in an escrow account. 

As in how many followers you have on your YouTube channel or how many page hits you get on your web page.  

I started out flipping and then transitioned my business to wholesaling so I can easily close on any transaction if I have to.I don't like the bad reputation that wholesaling has because of people jumping into it with no idea or understanding of best practices, but hopefully, with regulations, we can clean out the bad ones.

Remember that a lot of revenue is built on relationships with return renters and web sites like Airbnb where you build a reputation.