I do not think enough coverage is going to the people who are fighting this fight -that job is tough and a big uphill battle to fight these fires. 

Client rents that house and makes 1k monthly profit, plus has a really good paying job.

Could just be his way of making sure you don't ditch him as soon as he does the job.

I work 2 jobs. 1 to live off, and the other for down payments.

You’ve taken the first deep dive into investing—great job!

can I find absentee owners and water cut off lists etc.. on PropStream?

Quote from @Matt McNabb: I'm a solid $400k/yr job in NYC and have $250k to begin investing as my first step into building a portfolio, although I don't have time to be a landlord so I have to account for management fees.  

Here's the job description: https://apply.workable.com/biggerpockets/j/C94D6062EE/.

Often, owners beat up PMCs for a low price, but fail to understand the PMC will often cut corners to make sure they are still profitable. 

. --- Who gets all the phone calls and wastes time calming a tenant down because the owner's contractor doesn't show up as scheduled after they took time off from work or a 3 day job takes 3 weeks?