I am hiring a REALTOR and listing the house for sale March 1, 2020. 

Additionally, I don't normally invest out of town so I would need to hire property management.Pros- The apartments are well located within the city, and appear to be in good condition.

If not they can tell you the demand and waiting list they currently have.Second you need to make sure the business entity and property level entities are set up correctly so you will need to hire an attorney to do the paperwork for you.

-TerryTerry- If you do not need to raise outside capital, buy good properties, hire the right management company a 100 unit property will only require a couple hours a week after closing.

I think many of us started this way and with more success (and age), we hire out more of the maintenance/cap ex items. 

@Krystyna WatkinsBefore you hire them I would ask if they are comfortable doing that based on your scope of work.

My wife and I aren't handy so we hired out some of the work but we did do as much work as we could.

Eventually we fired the first contractor (losing $$$$$ we paid him) and hired a new contractor who is now reworking some of our former contractors work and finishing the addition.

Any suggestions or stories from your experience firing or hiring property managers?

Once you have that info, hire a VA on Upwork to scrape all of the leads for phone number and email address.