New to the site and currently searching for my first rental property.Due to the demands of my work (60+ hour weeks, rotating shift work, etc) I do not have time to be a landlord.I have been factoring in the 8-12% management fee with the calculator on this site, but the problem is the actual management company.Does anyone in the Greater Pittsburgh area currently use/have used and recommend (or not) a local property management company?

Tampa Bay is a great market for many reasons - we have a strong outlook on appreciation and although new investors don't put enough weight into that, those of us who understand the long term benefits always shift our focus to that.We also have a top of opportunity to be creative. 

If there is better STR value in Ybor and the Heights we will shift our focus that direction a little. 

There is a paradigm shift that occurs when you're making a decent income, maybe a hundred or a couple hundred thousand dollars a year at your day job, and you become more aligned with being an accredited, passive investor.It's different for those who are below that threshold or need to build up a portfolio of rental properties or investments to achieve that same level of cash flow plus their day job income.

And with that shifts focus from cash-flow too equitable returns.

The IDF has "more or less" regained control over the Gaza border, with the focus shifting to airstrikes and an impending offensive in Gaza.

I understand there's an aspect of appreciation-based investing for homes in California along coastal areas however that seems like a luxury considering the capital that would need to be involved in order to hold a property with no income-producing aspect; most definitely not a beginning approach at the very least.So with the case of low supply and high operating expenses and by the advice of the trusted broker I just mentioned previously, I have decided to shift my focus to out-of-state investing.

Again, not sure if the market has shifted.

As I got older, my strategy shifted more towards notes.

Some people get lucky and do well on their first flip, with the most common factor being that the market shifted their way despite all of their blunders.