His other teeth were missing. 

This was my first so I really got to cut my teeth on the auction process, finding tenants and starting all of my systems Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Buy one now, rent out the extra rooms, and cut your teeth as a manager.

Midwest is a cheaper area for you to cut your teeth.

I didn't go over budget but was trying to sell into the teeth of the start of the 2008 recession. 

But you need some teeth behind them, you need to leverage the courts to either get the tenants to pay or put an end date to the games.Hop on it if your PM wont. 

We have cut our teeth buying smaller older and/or rougher properties and making them start.

My attorney has literally negotiated thousands of these things and he cut his teeth on these back during the crash.

The rent board's regressive policies lose their teeth when the tenants are virtually guaranteed to move out every few years. 

Then you get to cut your teeth on negotiating all those debts to make them go away.Keep your ear to the ground.