When you do a little extra work ahead of time, the process goes so much more smoothly.

It was built in the 2010s and located in an established neighborhood with convenient access to schools, amenities, and major transportation routes.

Do your homework first - then you'll be ready for a more meaningful conversation with a landlord.Best...Thanks for your response. so I have researched the rates and I understand that screening a tenant is crucial. mu biggest concerns are the carrying costs until a tenant is filled as I’ve heard the process can take up to 3 months to find a tenant.

It was built in the 2010s and located in an established neighborhood with convenient access to schools, amenities, and major transportation routes.

It really depends on what you are looking and I think your thought process is correct.

I am looking to make a couple connections now during the moving process.

We currently work with out of state investors and provide a full service approach which can be used by in state investors as well.When it comes to investing I'm currently in the process of closing on a partnered 4 Unit in Milwaukee WI.

Quote from @Michael Challenger: I have no qualms with hard money lending, but I need to learn more about the process and structure to these for typical deals so that I am more comfortable and in a position to reduce my personal risk and risk to investors as much as possible.

I just got off the phone today with an investor-friendly real estate agent in another state (not NYS) who has a whole team behind her and has made it seem as if real estate investing is a much simpler process.

I just went throught the entire screening process and its more like $6,800.