Educate yourself on how to handle marketing, screening, late rent, lease violations, etc.

The cost is minimal and I am smoking the closest competitors in my market.

In my market, I only have one vendor qualified for appliance warranty work, and the warranty companies paid him half his standard fee for each service call. 

I’d recommend looking for a market that’s affordable and has good rental demand—local job growth or proximity to schools can be a sign of a solid investment.

Sounds like mostly a marketing thing from what I just read.

We always run a market analysis before making a purchase for ourselves or our investors.

I am guessing his hands are tied as Norada is simply the marketing company and I am guessing no operational control of Wagner.

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Since I'm based in Tampa, I don't look outside and compare markets. 

Purchase price: $270,000 Cash invested: $54,000 A multi-family upper/lower duplex in Ankeny found off-market during COVID.