We share this 411 at every new agent orientation, it's rather basic info.

Quote from @Andrew Syrios: So basically note investing is really trashy and you're looking for a continuous stream of income but instead of alimony or child support it's loan payments instead? 

A basic set of subscription docs will cost you, typical $10k+ at least for the first deal.  

With the lower price point rentals, you basically just tread water.

Basically completed just needed some clean up from construction, so to be expected. 

I don't require my agents to join NAR and in fact dropped my membership when I opened my own brokerage.If the situation made sense, I wouldn't necessarily require an agent to join MLS, but it's such a basic tool of the trade, I can't imagine someone who is active in the business going without it.

You really can't assess your risks until you know or are fully aware of who the seller is.I'm not writing a book here, just trying to beat the word count in Dion's posts. 

I have this theory that basically the stock market can grow faster than the fundamentals more so than housing, reason being when people put money into their 401k or whatever they are just throwing money in, not looking at p/e or whatever, the stock market is in part just an index of Americans excess savings plus it’s a unstated policy of the government that stocks go up, where as housing people are obviously very very aware of how much thier monthly payments is/ how much rent is, plus it seems that is actually a push to lower housing prices at least relative to inflation.

Hello Sham, the fact that there is no lease agreement is really rough because that information is basically always in the lease. 

You should download the lists of properties, research a few, attend online or person, and learn the basics.