Unfortunately, by definition, you only know if you're too late to a party after the party has ended.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

For new builds, get a third party inspection.

As the situation became more complicated, I involved a lawyer and began mediation.

It is challenging in the winter months as people tend to focus on the holidays, shopping, dinners, parties, etc.

.: I wanted to get involved in land investing and made a post about it during the summer and have continued to look at it until now.I was questioning if I should trust a land guru in my area so I asked about it and got some feedback.So then I have searched for land investing education programs and a name was at the top on google and I saw he had a lot of information out there.I did research on him and watched a lot of his videos and it all sounded good but I heard him talk about how he now owns over 1000 doors in multi family, so I started thinking about it. 

For instance, if I buy a house 20% down, 5% closing prep costs where the rent matches the mortgage, interest and tax and assume a 5% rent growth and appreciation, I'm expecting an 11% total return which is just not good enough for the hassle involved. 

Perhaps a nice 1950's built bungalow.Always hire a 3rd party property inspector to give you an unbiased feel for the home.

To the greedy ones, don't get any ideas, just an example that a bank still has a duty to customers not to put them in a situation of having to deal with an untrustworthy party.

Plus the way these larger parties go through TP . . . .