It is currently my primary residence and was a great house hack but I’m now considering moving out to live with my girlfriend nearby in her condo.

A PMC is the ONLY one that will deal daily with your property.Here's some copy & paste advice on hwo to screen PMCs:Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I wouldn't start investing in the US if you have no plans on coming back from living in China.

It’s astounding how many fake documents are circulating today—you can find everything from fake references and stolen Social Security numbers to falsified income documents.To combat this, we rely on tools like Plaid, Verifast, and Snappt, which are excellent for verifying financial information and detecting fraudulent activity.

They lived with others, they never had $ to live on own, and were of little commerce other than whatever place that was using them like a quazi slave. 

Living trust does nothing for anonymity.

.: I live near Nice France half the year.

Nowadays with social media you can get a good idea of how they run their business.

I think REI business will have to learn to use it like they did social media a few years ago.

let them know you want their official answer for posts and information is posted on social media and the newspapers before you post anything so they have a chance to review it.