Several VCs that initially decided to pass, came back and asked him to take their money.I also had the "follow the herd" mentality when I bought this Jacksonville property back in 2017.

Important resources(articles, books, podcasts) to review?

The patterns that I often see are the following  1.

Rodrigues' recommendation may change this), but my next question would be, are there any cities/markets where 1 of the following are true: 1) You have family/friends that live there, 2) You travel there frequently (either for vacation, work, etc.), or 3) Somewhere else you've lived before AND know the area well?

I have a few follow up questions:1) What's an example of "get referrals and cross reference them to get as much accurate information as possible"? 

Here's the question.

However, when I requested our EIN the letter stated, "Based on the information received from you or your representative, you must file the following forms by the dates shown.

Any thoughts on the interface?

Each room will have a separate lease on it with a separate deposit following normal property management practices, and like you said, the leases have different start dates. 

Over the years the only place I have lost money is the stock market.