However I would encourage you to seek out a few realtors in the area you are wanting to invest in and talk to them and see if any like working with investors, and give them your game plan/ business plan that way they know you are serious and going to buy houses.

There are all kinds of people out there and some not all are scam artist thinking they can milk the insurance company but in reality the insurance only covers the property and loss of life in a catastrophe not the belongings of the tenant so sorry for this long post but I would encourage landlords to communicate with their tenants of potential loss of personal belongings will not be covered and also go over your policy to insure information.

If you are going to focus solely on cash flow, you should spend as much time on creating business systems, screening processes, and other risk mitigation techniques to avoid some of the pitfalls of C class investing.I would also encourage you to visit the property or area you are going to be investing if possible.  

Goes to show that everyone is capable of adapting and figuring out new procedures, even if it takes a little bit of encouragement.

I am a big fan of private money and try to encourage people getting into this business to find and use it.

Encourage them to look for a significantly cheaper living situation.

This is the reason people often encourage new agents to have a "burn account" saved up and set aside for these type of fees!

We made some improvements and promises that encouraged the tenants in each unit to sign a new 12-month lease.

I would encourage you to pick up the phone and give them a shout.

12 years ago I was encouraged to rent in Asbury Park instead of buying the place I stayed in for the following 5 years.