The great thing about Real Estate Investing is that its not a "One Size Fits All" situation.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

There is a comp next door of similar size without a garage that just rented for $1700.

So have it replaced with an inexpensive fridge (or two) that are about the same size etc.

Basically you should figure to replace all of the mechanical electrical plumbing lot of places are laughing plaster with no insulation true 2x4 construction which is nominal sizing.

We have 10 listings here on the island and have built the systems to run a portfolio of this size at a very high level.

I personally require people with an ES animal to go to a screening site where they confirm the legitimacy of any letter or documentation.

Lenders may have different credit score minimums and some may allow for more credit issues than others but I am not sure of any lenders that will not look at credit (especially on small to medium size deals and new investors)

Due to the size of this deal, I did not use an agent, although the wholesaler was also a licensed real estate agent.

As an example, I was recently able to get the county to change and include the screened in porch to official heated living space on an investment property.