I was hoping to look at FDIC data to find out "how much" rental income is recognized by US banks.

Any smart investor recognizes a broker that is an investor themselves wants to get the highest return on investment.

I also recognize that SmartMove does not do an explicit eviction search.

The blind offers will cause many agents to recognize your name over time and begin to ignore any offers from you.

Make sure that you each have umbrella insurance of at least $2mm.Recognize up front that partnerships often result in frustration and remorse due to inequities in work performed (that is not property recognized in the operating agreement), differences in opinion on how to grow the business (take distributions versus plow all profits back in), etc.

I'd start with your target property and then recognize what your ideal tenant is looking for in a rental.

Recognizing it will take some skill to accomplish that, my original posting is how best to start developing that skill.

Frankly, that requires a business head, not so much in RE..This is true, it was not explained and could not possibly in an hour long interview podcast, so it needs to be recognized for what it was and what it was for, an intro to Ken and how he became successful, what he does and what he looks for.

This is the Target (store) dog. lol Then you have this "breed" out now called the American Pit Bull Terrier, which is not recognized by the AKC, because I have not seen it in their list of breeds.

I did a quick look, and did not see that they had a posting on Craigslist or the Lantern (or I didn't recognize it), which suggests they are limiting their search to friends.