However, I now have a Duplex under contract in Birmingham and did the final inspection last week and I was looking to secure funding, then my current lender told me that they don't service the State of Alabama. :/ Does anyone know any smaller local or bigger banks that would offer the same type of loans?

To echo what's already been said by some, your cash flow potential will be a function of your debt service, if any.

Yet, I feel like once someone was in the unit they would realize its not that bad of a neighborhood, and I'm a reasonable guy who cares about reasonable customer service (with boundaries of course). 

It seems the PM would be billing for service calls like this and they would never even know. 

Sometimes it makes sense in our market, sometimes it doesn't with the service fee and bed taxes.

Can anyone here recommend a reputable tax services company (or good individual) who is located in SoCal who has experience or is specialized with doing taxes involving out of state real estate investments?

is that a service. 

Attorneys usually do it for free or a small fee along with another service, like drafting the operating agreement.

EtcShould I use a note servicing company?

PM's get paid to perform services which cost money: they do leasing, they perform maintenance oversight, they perform lease renewal negotiations, accounting, reporting, etc.