All of us professionals are trying to make money off you and those trying to help for free, well #1 their opinions are often worthless leading to #2 you get what you pay for regarding free advice.So, question everything to avoid being sold a load of crap.There's a lot you can do remotely - if you put in the time learning enough to avoid getting taken advantage of and/or build the right team.Your first challenge will be WHAT type of investing you want to do.

Like ourselves, we're not the largest or highest positioned on search engines, but we're all "hands on" (doing the work ourselves, no salesmen!)

TIA, SandyYou can try Fizber.com and Zillow.com free listing. 

You can't find 2% anywhere on long term rent but to get that in CA with CA appreciation is massive.I have not heard of someone completing a hands off garage conversion STR for as low as $80k in at least 5 years.  

It's also free and considering how much other programs are charging, this is a huge plus. 

It all depends on the circumstances as to how much.2) Even then, tenants in Los Angeles have free legal services.

On the other hand, if you have a lower budget, let’s say $100-$150k.

In which case you may be better off cutting bait and doing something on your own rather than waiting for them to make more mistakes.On the other hand I'm curious how they are going to pay you off with such a great return if they are under performing?

Imagine agreeing to have a large EMD sit for 2 years in an interest-free account just because the other party is an a**hole and consider that everything is negotiable. 

Just curious as there is always some other nifty piece of software with its hand out to reduce our net profits