Especially with high interest rates Hey Olu, It's definately hard to make properties pencil from day 1 but my reccomendation would be to practice practive practice underwriting deals to know a deal when you find one.

Definitely encourage you to practice analyzing a few properties using the “Deal Finder” at the top of your screen, and the Calculators (Under “Analyze Deals). 

However, in practice, holding the replacement property for at least one to two years is often recommended.

Hi Doug, Your broker may require you to be a member of the local MLS, however there any many brokerages that don't, as it is not a requirement to have a license or even practice real estate.

We have ~35 agents and they primarily come from OSU or right out of college.

You can spend $1,000 and save a lot of time and filtering garbage, or you save $1,000 but spend a lot of time filtering through many resources of garbage.At the end of the day, like any guru course or even a college degree: you will hopefully learn something.  

pick a market this way.a place you used to live in, or went to college in, or have family, or like to vacation in, or know really well.also: consider investing closer to where you live. 

Title company found out because it was on the chain of title.I don't know if this is common practice since this is not the subject property to be on a loan.

If you are going to do it yourself and be successful, you must know the law inside and out and learn how to resolve problems before they happen.If only someone wrote a practical how-to book for DIY Landlords...

In my mind, we've run a few scenarios - primarily airbnb, multi-family, college towns - but really not sure where or how to start.