People who are smart with money are also bargain hunters.

I really want to turn those properties into Airbnb listings due to promising ROI and no HOA restrictions … The biggest challenge for me is to hire someone on the ground to set it up and coordinate with vendors, for example running errands to pick up the keys from my agent, purchase / receive / assembly furniture, installing smart lock so I can have full control over my property remotely..

And after the experience, my daughter's choice turned out to be very costly!

If they are smart, they brand themselves vs. helping their company brand.I also see a lot of people creating their own agency, what are your feelings on working for others vs starting your own?

We give them the choice of a walk through once the roommate moves out and we charge them $50 for doing it out of the normal schedule.

It's a tough choice.

A smart person learns from their mistakes, a wise person learns from the mistakes of others:)

If you're willing to work remotely, you have a choice of 20+ experts on this forum, and most of us can offer the services you're looking for.

And as a fellow northerner a couple hours up I-95, you're making the smart decision to invest remotely in the South!

As for the management company, the key is to find a reliable property manager which is harder than it sounds and the choice are dependent on a type of market you're in (smaller markets typically offer fewer choices and etc...)