I would look at their policies and make sure both the coverage and deductibles meet your needs. 

I would start speaking with residential / commercial agents and property management companies close by and get a feeling if something closer by will meet your criteria.

Looking forward to meeting likeminded people :) 

It is a very low bar for you to meet, but keep in mind that is also the level of upkeep some S8 tenants might have in mind.

I host a group for midterm rental operators and I had 2 people in last week's meeting essentially say the same thing.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

We try to meet every other Friday at 9am PT and I also set up a whatsapp group for us.

I see a failure rate of 90% plus in some of these programs, as defined by the “student” not meeting their goals and expectations.  

This being said, I don't believe we'll be able to meet the income requirements to qualify for a conventional.This leads me to believe hard money or private lender is more the only option to get my foot in the door, use my business to make repairs at very good rates, build some equity then refi once the balloon is due. 

One of the ladies, Amanda couldn't keep her eyes open during our meet and greet, she continued to nod off and she is one of their tenured Property Managers.