I agree with EconProf about out-of-state property management – you are asking for a stream of headaches and a continual drain on your monthly finances
I live in central San Diego and managed all of my own properties – I had property in Imperial Beach and decided that THAT was too far away to own and manage property – 45 minutes on the freeway with no traffic or 2 hours in rush hour/weekend traffic – and you are planning to manage from out-of-state?
I turned one of my properties over to a management company – they lasted less than two weeks – everything they did was half-assed and unprofessional – I would have been better off as an out-of-state owner because I wouldn’t have been able to see their screw-ups – they still would have fucked up my property and ran off my existing tenants but I wouldn’t have been around to see it happening
Is Surveyor around anymore? I wonder what his opinion of out-of-state property is at this point
