There was writing on the newly painted walls and switch covers and receptacle covers were broken. 

If you PM me your info, I can add you to my buyers list after an initial screening.

Do you KNOW that there are broken items?

Finally, I just inherited some farm land and am trying to figure out how that fits into my overall portfolio.Married, 2 college-age daughters, one pitbull/lab dog with a broken rear ACL.  

What the rules tell us is that you may not personally benefit from the IRA (i.e. paying yourself to manage) or provide benefit to the IRA via the provision of goods or services (i.e. swinging hammers).The general interpretation in the industry is that you may administer the investments of the IRA, so activities like screening tenants, signing a lease, collecting the rents, hiring vendors to do repairs, etc. is acceptable.  

Looks like you have it pretty well broken down.

It wouldn't make sense in my situation (or yours) to hop on a plane to "confirm" that broken garbage disposal.  

My name is Jay Taylor, and I'm very much a newbie to RE investing but have been investing on my own in stocks for 11 years and working as a freelance investment writer for 7 years (previously full time, now as a side-hustle for one client).My RE journey began when my brother-in-law sent me a link to a property listing in Boulder, suggesting that we try to find something for him to buy that I can manage (screen/rent/landlord/deal with things that go bump in the night).

Research the logistics behind finding and screening a tenant, proper ways of collecting rent and building out a network of vendors for maintenance.

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator.So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?