Welcome to passive real estate investing, the show where busy people like you learn how to build substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long term.

And now here's your host, Marco Santorelli.

Hello, my friends and welcome to another episode of Ask Marco,

where I answer your investing related questions.

And today's question comes from Linda. Linda says, hello, I am currently in the process of saving up for an investment property,

but I am doing my research before I commit.

I came across your website and it was very informative and clearly laid out very user-friendly

thanks. So one of my main concerns as friends and family also advised me of is

purchasing property outside of my local area and entrusting a property manager with my investment.

They do not always have my best interest at hand and will not necessarily do their job responsibly

which could lead me into more debt having to fix up a damaged property.

I have a friend who signed her property off with a contract to a management company who acted

irresponsibly and she couldn't follow through because she lived halfway across the world.

What can you say about this or what has been your experience?

Thank you, Linda.

Okay, Linda, thanks for the question. been your

experience.

experience.

Thank you,

and I can of jokingly say at times that you live and die by your property manager.

Property management is critically important and I like to think of my

property manager as an asset manager because they are not just managing and taking care of my property, but they're managing and

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