@Michael Baum @Drew Sygit I think you raise great legal questions.

Quote from @Drew Sygit: The Real Estate Crash of 2008-2010 caused real estate prices to crash across the country - but didn't affect rent amounts.

@Drew Sygit Yeah I am seeing that in my calculations, thanks for all the advice!

@Drew Sygit I'm rereading Getting Things Done by David Allen.

@Drew Sygit my strategy for now is to spend the next 6 months or so learning everything I can about real estate markets, properties, underwriting, financing, landlords, property management, construction, legal, insurance, and anything else that comes across my radar, all the while trying to make connections and build relationships within each of these areas to build a network and gain the confidence to sell lenders and investors on the very best deals I can come up with.

Quote from @Drew Sygit: @Richard Schubert are you having these professionally inspected before you buy them?

Quote from @Drew Sygit: @Lauren Cartmell 95%+ of agents only know how to do owner-occupied transcations:(So, be careful.Adding to the advice already shared, an experienced investor agent will know that there will be no showings without an accepted offer - to avoid pissing off your tenants with constant showings.

Then, I had drew my pistol.

Quote from @Drew Sygit: @Rafael Ro to build on the great advice from @Sean Barnebey (give the guy some votes!)

@Drew SygitYeah, specifically in my case I probably wouldn't have even looked into real estate as an option right now if 50/50ing costs/work never came up.