--- Owner just hired us because we showed them that 2-3 years of rent increases they failed to do would cover our fee:)2) Expertise - they don't know how to:- Properly advertise their vacancies- How to really screen applicants, including fake service & emotional support animals- Create a robust lease, compliant with federal, state, & local laws- Handle nonpaying tenants- Evictions- Etc..NOTE: if they had more time, they could learn all this.Finding more clients: find out where they are and be present.This could be in person networking or online.How many agents have you approached for management referrals?

Do some data-based analysis to determine if this investment makes sense as opposed to emotion driven decision making.

That will guide you and also prevent costly emotional deviations. 

I have dealt in this end of the bizz for decades and bought way over 100 court house step props and the folks losing them run the gambit on emotion..

If your goal is 3–5 deals per month, you’ll need at least 2–4 offers accepted weekly to reliably get one signed contract.Final NoteThis breakdown should help you remove emotion from your marketing.

This would be my second investment property and it’s honestly the only deal I’ve come across that works in quite some time, so I’m trying to stay detached emotionally.

I found the couple on facebook with tons of pictures of them with a husky and some other kind of puppy, and the guy runs some kind of dog training place which happens to train emotional support animals. 

my ability to regulate emotions, apply strategic pressure, and protect my physical, mental, spiritual, and financial well-being.

These are emotional based transactions, not the analytical based transactions an investor should be focused on.

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.