The first problem is that my tenants hated the owner. He was rude to them, above and beyond being a manager. They pay rent for my properties and he treated them poorly. So much so that when I fired them most of them said "thank you" and one tenant said "we were going to move out because we dislike M----- (owner) so much" These are my tenants and customers - and he just treated them like waste.
He also was supposed to 'supervise' a capital project at one of my units. And by taking a 10% commission, he basically wrote himself a check and never so much as came out to the house one time to check on the project. Then I was left to argue with the contractor over shoddy workmanship - while paying this guy to supposedly 'manage' the project. Oh, and 0 permits were pulled for any of the work done...including new electrical panels and demo work.
Would never reco. this guy to anyone looking for someone to namage their properties.