If trained properly they will free up a lot of time for you, which allows you to do the highest paying activities.3.

Before you put dow $5-20K for training think about how much you woud have to invest to get that back at typical interst rates of 6% that most tax ae properties get bid down to. 

The ADU now covers over half the mortgage + additional monthly income per horse the tenant desires to keep on site.

If your PM is unable to demonstrate their process to your satisfaction then I suggest you either help train them to do better or find another PM.People turn their money over to investors all the time.

Aloha @Jay Patel,  VA's are awesome if you properly train them. 

Thats why it may appear that certain agents dont know what they are doing.. because they  dont  have not been trained and or very new..

I'm not sure how you can maintain a scaled and properly trained staff this way, but they're certainly trying. 

To anyone at New Western reading this thread, you're the used car salesmen of real estate and your resume is tarnished by having spent time being trained by this company.

I set out to hire onsite managers.  

I have done all of the those, based on the circumstances.I also can't count the number of times in mandatory training / continuing education that I was told that we were never, ever, under any circumstances to discuss setting "standard" commissions with other agents.