How to find good management companies

[Ray Loveless]

I'm looking to purchase some multi family rental properties out of state in the mid-west(arkansa or ohio) and I'm not sure the best PROCESS I should follow in choosing a management company. 

I've only used a management company once so I'm not that experiences in choosing one or questions I should ask.  Is there any tips or gotcha's I should watchout for?  

Google reviews and yelp would probably be a good place to start. any other thoughts.    Thanks.

[Ryan Evans]

I've found that online reviews are almost always going to be skewed very negatively. It's like how nobody writes reviews about how great the power company is until they don't have power for five minutes. Then they jump on Yelp and start ranting away. Same goes for property management companies a lot of the time. 

In the past I've called a few places and asked how they can help me find a place to live as a tenant. It was a good indicator of how they treat people and provide service. If they can't give good service to a new tenant, it's time to keep looking.