Hiring professional comes with a cost, and not hiring professional comes with a cost. 

The cleaning fee should be charged to and paid for by the guests.How much information they give you probably depends on the company and your contract with them.As for occupancy rates, we usually have just the weekends booked with an occasional mid week stay in Jan and Feb.

Regardless if they are investing with us, our goal is to provide detailed market information, resources such as the best financing options we are aware of, REI specific CPAs, attorneys, 1031 QIs, cost segregation specialists, mngt recommendations, STR/MTR resources, investment calculators, etc.I hope this long explanation provides a detailed review of how RTR has helped thousands of investors accomplish their goals over the past decade.

We were able to manage the property ourselves for 6 months and eventually decided to hire a property manager to take overDid you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Heck, hire a property manager to find a $2,000/mo tenant and charges 8%.

I hire a college graduate in mathematics, who has a sense of humor, can pass rigorous background check, has perfect credit, and has desire to learn sales. 2. no mortgage company gives free leads3. mortgage loan officers do not get salaried, we are 100% commission.

next one of this age the thing to do is hire the structural engineer on top of the home inspector if your worried about it.

Should I be leary of crooked lenders with my personal information?

On the bright side, the information I learned has been, and will be, very valuable throughout my career as I can confidently analyze homes and negotiate with sellers. 

This forum has been great for me as a long time lurker over the years and I know I will find a nugget of wisdom from all of you that will help inform my decision.