In addition, being able to get properties sold in an expedient and highest value fashion. 

I just heard a NPR podcast today stating that most Americans are still overly cautious due to the GFC. 

I have some goals that I'm trying to reach and I don't kindness doing it with of fashioned sweat equity and streetsmarts.

Then we get an equally good replacement person, and the group doesn't terminate or explode at random times, nor do they want until the 12 month lease is up and then terminate or explode which seems like the usual American profit-generating situation for property managers. 

This article, written within the last week by an Australian, corroborates what veteran American economist John Mauldin (who predicted the last Great Recession, albeit his prediction was a bit earlier than when it ended up happening ) has been saying for a couple months now: there's another train wreck coming, but this time the epicenter will be from the high-yield corporate debt world vice residential real estate. 

If you come in as a buyer with no agent and offer on a property that has a listing agent, the agent will probably try to get a higher fee by offering to represent/assist you in some fashion.

It was the first neighborhood in Atlanta, where African-Americans were allowed to own properties.

Our next step is to find out if vacant or not (our realtor seems to think is occupied), offer a small $ incentive to said tenants to move out in a nice and tidy fashion as to avoid damage to the property (if not, start the eviction process), get utilities changed in our name, get title insurance (via taxtitleservices) /clear the title, then work on the rehab :). 

I'm getting 1.65% with American Express High Yield Savings.My only regret is not moving my cash from BoA much sooner.

This industry is notoriously old-fashioned, so you'll find that things move slow in some areas.