@Olivia GulledgeIMO 5 years is not a short period.You can buy a property there and continue to rent it out after you leave.You may need to hire a property manager after you leave.

For scale its best to build out your team instead of just doing the work yourself (i.e hire a GC instead of being one yourself).

I'd like to avoid hiring a property manager (I've heard uniformly bad things about them, not to mention the cost), and things are pretty stable (solid properties with great tennants). 

If you don't like the property manager think about hiring another company. 

Professional management is optional and has a fixed cost/percentage.Self management is "free" - it has a cost but less tangible than hired management.If someone is trying to do multifamily BRRRR math do you include management cost in your NOI?

You probably need to hire an attorney.Call the company and explain you are the owner.

The temptation to pass on bogus costs and skim is great and limited partner most always has bad results.Such as: cash calls, lawsuits, errors, hiring family and they are vastly overpaid, tax audits to name a few. 

Everything goes through ten layers of companies hiring companies hiring companies.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

My mind frame now has evolved from two years ago, and I now see the extra income as enabling greater security reserves, providing the ability to hire repair folks instead of DIY which saves personal time, and to improve the property more beyond the minimal.