Ask your self, am i doing this to look cool or am i doing this to fill demand for customers in the market called housing???

@David KellyThank you for chiming in, but the information you provided is not relevant to the question posted by @Ross A.He is considering having his IRA purchase investment property.  

Custom home builds have come to a screeching halt.

I always refer out my good vendors, and so far they have always been very grateful and I get the benefit of priority, small freebies, and overall better work.With referrals, you are still a source of income as a customer, but you are also a source of income as advertisement, making you more valuable to them.If you have enough work to keep them nearly full time employed then it may be a different scenario.

Credit Absolute - just google them (not affiliated in any way just a happy customer).  

I don't know if it's relevant to mention but I don't live in the US so in either case I'd need to find a property manager.

Another common one is to take some relevant concept that I'm vague about and make sure I spend some time in the evening researching it.

There aren't too many stagers who will do this, but this is one of the things my wife does with her staging business that gets her a LOT of potential customers.

The customer service reps you talk to when you call in are temps or just barely better than temps.

@Lindsey Russell - I am a customer of a Turnkey Company in Indianapolis and have 7 properties there.