It's been great for us because we no longer have to waste time going to appointments.Difficult?

Their "asking amounts" have improved, but are still above pre-COVID times, when 1/2 month of rent seemed to usually work.

Does anyone have suggestions for who would write a policy for me given I have let them lapse a long time ago? 

Then you have whatever time you negotiated (often 2 weeks) to remove conditions.

It also helps that we have family who lives there, so we have a built-in excuse to tour the properties a few times a year.Does anyone have experience with Davenport?

Timelines tend to vary depending on CHMA's work load at that point in time. 

The idea of using real estate professional status and then protecting those assets in an LLC which is owned by some other more fancy asset protection structure is nothing new.

Even though I have no experience other than renting out and managing my first primary home, my interest in real estate pushes me to educate myself upon this topic.With a very high barrier to entry where I live in Northern Virginia, especially for first-time investors just starting out with small budgets, that is why I have been focusing on out-of-state investing in real estate and also have been reading a lot about the BRRRR strategy.

I'd keep at it in your area for the time being and get more experience and take advantage of house hacking opportunities as much as possible. 

Anything else beyond that is likely going to take a good chunk of time and investment to get up and running.