Ignore your friends that think their gaming skills will provide future employment.  

There is lack of income.If you're employed and have a $100k salary, you report $100k income and pay taxes on $100k.If you're fired mid-year, you only received $50k, so you only report $50k income.

When I dig deeper, I noticed that almost majority of these properties had one thing in common.

They are very clean.I advertised “pets negotiable” because i believe:1) Pets are a very common member of stable families and vetting the pet is as possible as vetting the tenants2) As Michael Swan said in episode #238, kids can do more damage than pets and you can charge per pet(try charging per kid!)

To make matters a little more complicated, if you are currently self-employed, you are not allowed to declare 100% of your income.

To make matters a little more complicated, if you are currently self-employed, you are not allowed to declare 100% of your income.

(Of course you will probably not be able to see inside rented apartments or offices.But you should be able to see common areas and grounds.)

Up north here it seems as though $650-850k is more common to see.

I would like them to actively look for properties for me on MLS and if possible outside MLS(may be properties that are not on public listing but are known is some internal network).I am still new to buying investment properties but is this common from real estate agents.

Wholesaling seems to be a common "get rich quick" path that people want to try.