If you manage the property or you hire the manager you may still be responsible for what happens at the property.

Also simply hiring a private eye can help. that will cost real money but can be worth it.

This is a breath of fresh air to say the least.  

Use the BP calculator and include vacancy rates, costs for PM, unexpected fixes which might be costly since you would have to hire contractors, and the unexpected issues of just not being close.

And, to do the work, do you plan to hire everything out or do some yourself, initially? 

So, IE, same answer as above, as even if you find the correct owner of the mortgage, you may hit the roadblock of getting forwarded to their broker3-Broker's contact info- MOST of the banks hire a broker early in the foreclosure process (at least in IL) to monitor the property, whether it's vacant or still occupied, they want boots on the ground checking it. 

Hello BP,You guys had plenty of info for me when a furnace went that I thought I would now ask you an Air Conditioning question:1.

When your at the point of hiring a property manager to run your apartment complex, what things do they typically NOT DO?

You will get plenty of responses from real estate agents and landlords about how they run their businesses and they will be more willing to offer viable solutions to you.If your only reason for joining this group was to air your grievances about real estate agents and landlords . . .

The floor is glued down carpet and the hvac takes up a large back room cause the furnace and air handler is not on the roof.