My ‘buy box’ may be limiting me.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

You also have the option of only owning the real estate or the business as well.I can’t think of a more fulfilling and pride of ownership opportunity in real estate than owning really incredible homes providing better care than big box facilities.

I am basically always looking to buy if it fits my buy box. 

If the tenants leave cereal boxes out and the house gets overrun with ants, it's still your responsibility as the landlord to have pest control in place to prevent or treat the problem.

There will be a lot of agents advertising their market, and while this can be annoying, it can also be helpful when searching for areas to look in. 

I always put in MIA or somewhere I can get to easily when searching.  

Good luck to you in your search! 

Nailing down a buy box in the area, funding, and having a plan will come out of absorbing a ton of knowledge and narrowing down to what makes the most sense to you, what fits your life, and what fits your goals the best. 

Things like landscaping/snow removal and labor cost for repairs are going to be highly variable based on your market so you'd need to do your own research on the going rate by either talking to other local investors, running your own google search, or exploring basic services on thumbtack/angies list etc.