I would ask your realtor for local property management referrals, they will be the best source of the top local players in your market3.

New tenants pass my name on to him and we have a good laugh.She was a referral from my best tenants.

If you jump into something before doing this - you're highly likely to get taken advantage of, or at best waste your time & money.Can't help with a coach:(Do recommend investing close to home if you can and then screen the heck out of PMCs with your expectations & goals to hire a good one.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.

Any advice or information on similar situations would be helpful, as well as any eviction lawyer referrals would be appreciated.Note, the town is not Jersey City - our town is not listed.

Hi Tristen,  did you ever get any good referrals?

You'll need maintenance people, inspectors, agents to show the property, etc.RentRedi doesn't handle any of that.Regarding finding a PMC: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 withdraw my referral for opendoor i made above and will delete my comment because i no longer recommend them. 

@Richard Benjamin WilhiteRecommend 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.

As someone who works primarily with investors its rewarding being able to help clients to continue to grow their portfolio and receive referrals from them. 

Create a referral program and then regularly market yourself to other agents.