Do you find benefits with an Inspection process on your rental property from your property manager? 

Good luck, it is not easy to invest in because, among other things, you need a whole lot of knowledge, there are huge barriers to entry, and unless you literally know someone with experience, it is difficult to really learn. 

If you've already done that or have a smaller budget like sub $30MM, I go to the best neighborhoods in the best cities, and buy the most distressed houses.I flip the one's in states where it's hard to manage tenants or re-fi into STR, re-fi out with 1-1.2 DSCR in areas where managing them is convenient in landlord friendly states.

For finding tenants, consider platforms like Zillow Rental Manager and Apartments.com.

@Anthony Finger I will PM you with a manager for Akron/Canton that friends speak highly of. 

Hi, We own a couple of homes in the country and have first hand seen how difficult it is to manage the rentals remotely. 

Consider how involved you want to be in the management of the property.

Are we correct that if we were to create a business entity such as an LLC for real estate investment, and we were actively involved in the management of our investments, then we could offset our LLP's current year's income by using any net loss from our investment property that we acquire this same year? 

It could be Steadily who is great for affordable property management insurance.

We are currently using Lodgify PMS to manage our 5 STRs but one big missing feature is the ability to send a SMS to our cleaners on bookings, cancellations and day before checkouts.