You shouldn't hire a PM until you fully understand land lording and can now manage your PM.

@Philip Meza,Has to be Manager Managed.It looks like you are trying to set this up yourself, and that is a bad idea.

If you have $4,500-$5,000 in revenue coming in, you'll need to assume vacancy (5%), repairs and maintenance (7%), taxes, common utilities, lawn/snow removal expense, management fee (7-10%), insurance (maybe $500-$900 per unit per year) as well as your loan payment on a $350-$375k loan.

When I initially started I found a property manager in my area.

Home warranty's are something that you can get whether you self manage or not.

Does anyone on this forum know a very good property manager in the Spartanburg-Greenville area?

I'm looking to start a make-ready company( painting, repairs, ect..) and market directly to property managers.

Does this PMC also manage properties in higher income areas?

So professionally I am an investor and property manager.

Always happy to answer questions.Generally yes, most states will require you to have some type of license or certification to manage other people's properties.