You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

Setting rent significantly above FMV could be seen as an attempt to shift income or inflate deductions, leading to potential penalties.

Here's a list of things to track:- Formal lease application- Formal signed and executed lease specific to your state- Payment history (I recommend using online rent collection like Apartments.com, RentRedi, etc)- Maintenance requests and receipts- Accounting for all rental-related expenses (repairs, utilities, etc) The more you treat it like a business, the more helpful you are to your CPA come tax time. 

Very often they sound robotic and scripted and does not lead to hot leads or appointments. 

Please clarify, how many lenders we have "signed up" and how much they "pay" for "leads".

Quote from @Diana Teng: Hi all,I think my question above is pretty direct.I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  that offer affordable homes that deem to be in hot market areas right now (according to many different articles online). 

Any potential leads would be appreciated. 

Hello BP Community,Unless I am mistaken, Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ) does not post their probate court records online, unless you can provide specific names or case numbers.

City recently did a building inspection and we noticed the tenant is smoking in the unit (cigarettes and marijuana), food waste everywhere leading to building pest issues, and there are 5 people living there now (3 adults and 2 kids).

This also leads owners to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.