You ran the numbers from the app on your phone and sent the information to the other parties and made an offer.

Like the others have mentioned, one problem with being an absentee landlord is showings and moving tenants in and out.Other aspects like marketing, tenant screening and rent collection can be done pretty effectively remotely.The properties I own near me I manage.  

I was a newbie, I did not know how to screen or evict tenants properly, and my tax returns showed loss after depreciation. 

Received a phone call yesterday morning that everything was going as planned and I would have a new system by end of day. 

Draw a line on the screen, use the laser to import for that line... draw the next line, repeat.

Cable, phones, food...etc.We were fortunate and made some good money on the two other houses we had when we sold two years ago (houses we had before we met and got married) we wanted a nicer house in a great location to raise our family and found the place that fit and got a great deal on a lot where the owner had to sell.

I also screen by date of ownership targeting owners who have owned a long time, I've bought some property where the owners had owned for 50 years. 

Hello,Does anyone know if it is legal for a property management company to provide the tenants with the home owner's personal contact info (cell phone and email) without the home owner's consent?

Problem is, my broker (also my best friend), specializes in residential and has simply thrown the suite up on loopnet ONLY fielding phones calls with his fingers crossed.  

This sounds like a lot of pain, but I guess you could try it with one unit to see...For the others I would rent these on a much longer term basis, such as a 6 month or 12 month minimum pursuant to standard screening checks.