No one has abused the policy as the only residents who've activated it have done so during a period of their own hardship (e.g.

That means calling the inspection office to see if they have an open permits, if it is in fact a legal x unit, does it have any housing violations, has their been any police activity near the property, have any of the current tenants had an eviction on their record.

I would recommend before taking on any project, saving 12 months reserves, 20% down and learn the business by being active in it. 

I suspect 90% of those who take the classes to become an agent are not active within 2 years.

I believe we are in for a very active real estate environment.

I know cities like Baltimore scare a lot of investors but I've seen a lot of activity lately as if folks have finally decided it's time to act.

As for entities, I use one entity for active business (flipping and building) and others for holding rentals.

Agents may also have macro data on historical data, local median sale prices, absorption rate, etc to help with your analyses and projections.Networking/build a team: Attend local meetups, virtual meetups and stay active on forums like this.A lot of this will be done in front of a PC unfortunately but if you cut out the noise, you'll be able to maximize your time.Lastly, something that has helped me tremendously with respect to focus and improving efficiency is the pommodor technique. 

@Patrick Schwebke Yellowbird (local JAX company) has a facebook group that's very active and I think has monthly meetups, or at least they used to.

One even said they were a reservist, but the applicant is claiming they are active duty.