Meetups are also posted on Brew City REI Training Cafe on Meetup as well. 

Most listing agents train their clients to avoid FHA offers because of the extras that come with. 

your deals his dollars has been around for decades.. as long as you pay him up front.. there are not thousands of investor just clamoring to do business with newer investors who have little training and no capital :)  if your in LA and if you have no already go to some of the FIBI meetings Jeremy Roll puts together they are the real deal. 

I think if you can’t take calls during work hours except when you’re on break having an emergency contact would be helpful whether it’s a handyman or a VA you train to direct calls to the places they need to go.

I find it rather impersonal, and basically trains new consumers to see agents as just doorpeople, and the advice/transaction is done through a national call center.

I have worked with a few clients who are planning on riding the Intel train and investing in the NE area for STR while they still can. 

You just don't want to bring in people to train folks or do yoga or whatever.

The professionals listed have additional training and ethic standards that set them a part, however it is important to conduct your own research and properly vet a few property managements before making your decision. 

If a management company has unlicensed Leasing Agents and/or Assistant Managers for at least 2 years without any training and then gets them a leasing license does that cover the time they operated without a license?

This slogan merely means you can put down ZERO and the Investment will be NEGATIVE but if you buy it without financing it, you will Cash Flow.You make the Investment Cash Flow.Also, Cash Flow can be a distraction from much bigger problems.Buying a Property that you cash flow in a DEPRECIATING Local Market is a set up for failure.Take Detroit during the decades before it went bankrupt.You may have bought a Cash Flowing property decades before, but the writing on the wall was that Detroit was going to depreciate when the Domestic Auto Industry was a decades long slow train wreck.Detroit, at that time, was 90% dependent on Domestic Auto.There are 2 rules that I follow:1) ALWAYS buy in Appreciating Markets with a horizon of at least 10 years2) You (notice, I said YOU) SHOULD Make the Investment at least break even if not some positive cash flowIf you are in an Appreciating Market, your Cash Flow will grow.For instance, I am in Brooklyn, NY and my first investment was in 1998.My rents went up over 350% (from $1k for a typical 2 Bedroom apt to $3.5k today) over the 26 years.Not only do I cash flow from the Rental Price Appreciation but soon my Mortgage will be paid off by the tenants.The Cash flow will be HUUUGE in about 2 years from now.Many Investors here seem to not understand that Appreciation is BOTH the Investment's Value and the Rental Price Appreciation.