Ive absorbed tenants with a 1/2 Page lease which was basically printed on a cracker with spelling mistakes and signatures missing... was worth the turnover to get them out and insert my iron clad paperwork with a legitimate background check.

Now I will admit the biggest mistake of my life was not keeping 50 or so more of the 500 or so I flipped, cost me millions.

Many investors make the mistake of assuming that a shorter PMA is better:( There's a reason purchase contracts have type so small you can barely read them, yet are 4-6+ pages.Reality is:1) Only if it's properly in writing, do they have to do it.2) If it's not in writing that they can't do it - they will and charge you for it.

@Adam GottRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I made most of my mistakes in the first handful of deals I did because "I didn't know what I didn't know".

The fact that she came back saying you were racist rather than something like 'oh no I put down my email address by mistake'-which I can see happening, says something. 

I am a nurse by trade and have been reading books and consuming a lot of media about investing, but am wondering if a coach could help me find better deals and avoid preventable mistakes.

Learn from your mistakes.7.

@Federico SarcinaRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Calum ShallenbergerRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.