I'm in a small community where all the active agents know me personally and I have an excellent reputation, but I still put it in writing. 

The key factor is the follow-up capabilities, so pick one that excels in that area.

Excellent advice.

Just excellent. 

Working with our Rockstar agent, Bill Beck, we identified an excellent lakeside investment property near Silver Dollar City and other key Branson attractions that should (eventually) generate a 50% COC return (we have a lot of learning to do - so I'm not banking on that high of a return in the first few years).

As far as keeping income and expenses just use excel.

He’s a pleasure to work with, and his work is consistently excellent.

Excellent info.....so depending on your bracket, for this scenario it could be best to unload all in same year.

Also @Michael Norris made an excellent point about dog bite/dog breed exclusions.I might add that when I asked my management company how many owners signed the form they sent out, I was told almost all the owners did without any questions or phone calls, so I am in the minority. 

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