You are right, I need to talk to the complex manager. I

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

Another option is a prop manager I work with, he is of course trying to get your business or at least loyalty.

So depending on the goal/point of your investing, the market and its attributes would be worthwhile in considering when beginning to pick up properties. 

.- The multi-member LLC, you and your wife (etc) where each are 50/50, not some weak sham of 99%/1% attempt at charging order protection (you've lost the suit and what you have to pay is called a charging order) protection is best in a 50/50 multimember where the sued member (the property manager) is protected by the other voting member voting NO don't pay that charging order. 

I attribute this low rent due to cheap 2 bed apartments closeby that are renting for mid-700s.

Ft. and up in order to have at least a part time manager. I

I want to get back into real estate but my wife no longer wants me to invest farther than driving distance.Today with a ridiculous commute, family & more responsibilities at work (I’m an IT Manager) I no longer have the time to start over with doing flips so I’m taking a different approach.

@Reba Marabotto I am looking forward to joining the Temecula 500 tonight, and was going to bring my friend who is CRE property manager. Is

For an investment property, as a property manager, I have worked with lots of tenants, and never once has a tenant said, I must stay on the Queen Creek side (unless it's because of a particular school their child attends).