The rehabs I've done locally are a lot easier as I can walk the property and apply painter's tape to areas I want addressed during the rehab, or resolve any communication issues real time. 

I switched many years back to a refundable security deposit.Insurance seemed like they had no skin in the game.

I take it this is not addressed in  your management agreement? 

Several problems you need to address:1) What are the State of Washington licensing requirements to be a property manager?

I have no idea if our HOA funds pay his lawyer, if he pays himself to plow our road (they refuse to hire anyone to maintain it, he does it just fine himself), there are serious drainage issues that won't be addressed, and a litany of other questions that should be answered before forcing a vote.I have yet to move into my house but it seems all of these sudden changes have to do with the Presidents hatred for one family that owns multiple lots (all new covenants and bylaws are aimed at one family, the president even held a secret zoom meeting with us and another new family to steer our vote the way he would like AND mildly trash talk one specific family).Isn't there a law in Indiana to protect homeowners from being forced to vote on such a major decision without providing adequate resources for us to determine if this is right for the community?

I want to make contact with this person to take steps to have them evicted but I don’t know their name so I’m not sure who I would address a certified letter to.

So I’m wondering, as well as my initial work getting the deal should I have more skin in the game.?

I'm already taking the first couple of steps in finding off-market deals all of the time; I'm using list generating websites, driving/walking different routes of my neighborhood and skip tracing addresses, talking to people at the market, the dog park, volunteers at my job about investing and looking for houses.... 

for those who are opening up addresses in Gmaps frequently, I put together a chrome extension so you canhighlight address > right click highlighted text > button there to open address in Gmapshttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/maps-shortcut/nacjnoidlajgponcckmkfoebmipbgbfjhope it saves y'all some clicks (its free)

You basically want to find a way to search properties by address and after you search it should pull the owner's name/ names if it is a partnership or LLC if they are trying to hide their name.