State Specific Question About: PENNSYLVANIA (PA)

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. The reading so far has been fascinating.

We have an old farm in Bucks Co and are trying to figure out what to do with it. The idea of potentially renting the house came up. We know nothing about real estate, and nothing about the PA market or landlording in general, but we've kind of ignored this problem for years, and I decided that this year we were going to finally take the bull by the horns. We absolutely need to start slowly though.

So, I was wondering how feasible it would be to get kind of an orientation to our property as it applies to renting. I was thinking maybe having a Realtor, a property manager or local professional landlord take a look at the property, maybe poke around it a bit and give us a basic idea of it it's rentable or not, or what would have to be done to rent it. I'm not looking for home inspection details, really basic stuff like "well, by PA law you have to bring everything up to current code before you can rent" or "you'll have a hard time renting without doing x first". Really kind of an orientation if you will.

I'd much rather pay the person for their time (ie by the hour or an agreed upon fee) versus signing any obligating papers as we don't know what plans are in the future. I just know that I don't know the first thing about rental properties, and need some advice.

Is this sort of arrangement possible ? Who would I seek out ? Potential property managers in the area ? But would they offer to come out for free based on some obligation or expectation that I would then give them my business ? (Don't get me wrong, with my level of ignorance I do NOT plan on landlording this myself, but I also know that I don't know enough to go picking property managers yet).

I grew up in the BuxMont area and have many fond memories of time spent there. What part of Bucks are you in? As you know, there are some very nice areas near Buckingham, Solesbury, New Hope. People will pay a nice amount to be isolated, yet still close to Philly/NYC.

Really if you want to know what to do. Find a woman to look at it. Ask them, Would you rent this? If no ask what needs to be done. If yes, ask what could be better. Next fix anything that is broke mechanically speaking.

I absolutely forbid tenants to work in exchange for rent. See the multiple posts on this topic.

Most times folks know what needs to be done and are just hoping that they can get by with less. The other option is to slum it out and rent it dirt cheap as is. May end up losing the whole thing over time but some do it.