I also want to understand the implications for wanting to buy a primary home as well as a rental in terms of financing.Would be really grateful to connect and learn from you all.Thank you

Learn as you go. 

I'm losing money on the front end, but hopefully I learn from this, and can avoid similar mistakes in the future.Thank you again, and I will be around the forums reading/lurking. 

For me, though I would take this as a learning experience and work to remediate the issues and try to keep this tenant.

Has anyone self-managed their properties from an international location that would be willing to share their learnings with me?

@Michael SheaRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder, etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Keep learning and growing...

@Jake LangleyRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder, etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Also, there are numerous challenges dealing with Turnkey providers:1) Terrible renovation work - we've taken over many properties that investor bought turnkey and they were shocked to learn the true condition of their property from our TakeOver video.

Any and all thoughts, learned lessons, questions to ask, things to think about would be lovely!