To clarify, I'm not talking about property managers, but rather teams focused only on regular ongoing maintenance, emergency services and/or the occasional site check.  

It could be ongoing. 

looking to partner with a mentor who can help us start our journey in chicagoland. looking to start likely with turnkey rentals - SFH or MF. want to know how to finance and how to find "good deals" on properties outside of redfin/zillow/the obvious candidates.i'm a tech specialist with over 20 years in the field of database administration. i could help with infrastructure, websites, etc... in return for your help with initial and possibly ongoing mentorship/partnership with getting started!

Fairfield is a little out of our orbit but I will admit I've never been though I plan on going.

My wife is driven by this & when we bought & completely rebuilt our Lakehouse we started to invest in the immediate area to AGAIN reimburse us for any & all the rehab & ongoing operating costs of our Lakehouse.

With the budget of < $200k, I would hone in on a property that is structurally sound, could use cosmetic repairs, but it appears that ongoing maintenance has been performed consistently on the property. 

Bryce, I'd use this interesting economic time to figure out your niche you can focus on going forward so you and your wife can get good at a market segment.

hi there , I am researching next next best cities  that might boom , like example: Dallas TX/Austin TX, to buy land around , rental properties etc , identify next growing cities in the next 5-10 yrs or so,  please include possible reasons on why these cities might boom .This research should be ongoing on this thread for the next 6 months or so, so we can weed out noise and get to facts.Hope enough people will participate.Thanks.

@Nicholas Ferraro the debate between KW and EXP is on going, there is no right answer. 

I imagine there are some ongoing labor “shortage” issues and restaurants etc are hurting a bit because of it?