Hire hourly, give small tasks, and fire them FAST if they don't perform. 2.

Perhaps a nice 1950's built bungalow.Always hire a 3rd party property inspector to give you an unbiased feel for the home.

(As in, at 4 I hired PM for all units, at 12 I started my own PM, at 30 I 1031'd all of my residential into a single commercial)

We hired a property manger and they did a background check on him.

Since my goal is to get 10 offers accepted that means I need to make 10k calls in 3 months.I'll probably hire a separate VA.

Are you going to be hiring a contractor to do the work? 

I'm sure this company put this somewhere in the fine print when you first got hired. 

I tend to hire handymen and work them as long as I can before something happens. 

So, it will be good if I need to hire Property Management for both properties together.Why am I investing in Chicago if I will be moving to Texas: is that I couldn’t find any multi-unit (3+) property less than $500k in other large metro cities in east coast, west coast & south (in good & decent neighborhoods).Now, my question: Is this wise investment based on the numbers above, selection of area (NW Chicago) and my situation of moving to other state?

He hired my company and I made some pretty good margin on the job of around 10k.