I bought it through a turnkey outfit (notorious Clayton Morris) which proved to be less than optimal.

Google is your buddy check they different out fits track record 

We have primarily been a buy-and-hold outfit and use hard money all the time when the equity is in flux and then do a conventional refi when everything is stabilized.Even if the property needs no work and is turn-key, hard money may be an option to get on title and use conventional financing to refi based on appraisal after title seasoning.  

I personally don't mess with them and am actually pretty surprised MLS allows it to happen, but there are outfits out there listing them for "opening bid" prices really low to get attention, then doing an auction for the property.  

Small mom and pop outfit that can't stay afloat.

no way an outfit like MCI/Worldcom could ever go broke  :-)

A smaller outfit usually more mom and pop will do a good job at a much better rate.

A million dollar listing and a $50k listing might require different outfits but I think its safer to check out your competition.

You can check out narpm.com for residential property managers.When going to a new city, i pay the fee to use Angies List - I seem to get more professional outfits than service magic, but that may just depend on where you are - and I only look at contractors with 5 star ratings and service awards.

@Sam Leon - check around for a plumbing outfit in your area that does drain re-lining.