My wife and I moved down to Central Florida from Hamburg just over 5 years ago and are running our own brokerage and property management company. 

In my opinion, even if you partner with a local PM company or turnkey operator your returns will drop significantly.

My company is Flex Property Management & Consulting. 

What do you do with the profits from the company to avoid income taxes.

.)- Average days on market- Absorption rate- Historical data on rents and sale prices in the area- Population growth- Main economic drivers (industries, individual companies, etc.)- Crime stats... if you know specific zip codes/submarkets that you'd like to target, the best data will come from local precincts. - and more..I'd recommend remaining active not only here on BiggerPockets, but in other valuable RE investment networks that you can find - i.e. local meetups (meetup.com, eventbrite, BP local events). 

That said, my main question is, can you recommend a good mortgage brokerage company that offers all the training points you outlined in your post?

My company manages a little over 400 properties in Ocala and most are OOS investor owned. 

If you know of any property management companies in the Columbus area that you would recommend, I would greatly appreciate your suggestions.Due to the lower down payment requirements, I’m focusing on finding a place where I can house hack and live in one of the units for now.Thank you again for your helpful advice 

I would try to subscribe to Angies List to determine a suitable mortgage company.

Then I spoke to a company that does business lines of credit, based on personal FICO scores.