The rents online look good compared to expenses.

Just trust but independently verify work, and you should be fine.Of course, you could also look beyond SF rentals. 

Anyone have tips or ideas? 

Of course there are ones more expensive too.

@Chris Karley mentioned we could find someone on upwork that has access to TLO and that could be an interim solution of course but it's hard to accept TLO or TIO built a smoke screen to prevent us from tapping into their service.

TLDR: Over the course of a 3-year relationship with Memphis Invest, I had multiple negative interactions and moved my portfolio to a different PM.I am in the Air Force and move every 2-3 years.

Of course, we started with our original house in 1995 at $500k, traded up a few years later, traded up a few years after that before we got the final house. 

I read online that housing hub isnt that great but thats the most signs I see on vacancies.

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@Matt Smith Many tax professionals have the ability to do your returns all through online portals if you yourself have that capability also.