Marketing and advertising your property: Through long experience, a property manager will know exactly where to market your property and how to craft compelling advertising materials.Finding the right tenants: Experienced property managers are experts at finding good tenants, and will take care of all the details, including the securing all criminal background and security checks, running credit reports, verifying employment, and collecting previous landlord references.Managing tenants: The property manager will handle both routine and emergency maintenance, take care of routine inspections, and manage any situations where conflict resolution is required.Managing vendor relationships: Property management companies have relationships with maintenance workers, tradesmen, contractors, suppliers, and vendors that it's almost impossible for an independent landlord to duplicate.Ensuring that you're in compliance with regulations and property laws: There are a multitude of applicable laws and regulations to abide by when renting and maintaining your rental property.

I'm currently networking and build out a 'core four' to make that first purchase. 

I can say that these three books are the core of my success that has lead me to here.

Since at their core these are real estate plays. 

I have made offers there but its too far from my core to push too hard on it.

For the investor looking toward a passive investing structure the DST is a very compelling option because of it's contined tax deferral through a 1031. 

If they pay on time don't rock the boat but let's say you want to be a hard-core landlord and rock the boat, and they say I am giving you my 30-day notice, then you will feel like an ***.

If necessary, don't feel compelled to wing it or dig a deeper hole.

Whenever you are buying a property out of state you should do a few things to ensure it's as smooth as possible.Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

It's unlikely they would as, if they did so, the property's title is clouded and they would have to wait for it to go through the courts before the sale was compelled.