You'd be surprised how many folks close to you are interested in RE OR are already involved in RE to some degree. 

The realtors association and a real estate attorney confirmed that a property manager has agency with the landlord and is working for the landlord. 

I also don't believe you'll get returns good enough to deal with the costs associated with pulling your money out and the work involved (but maybe you will, I can't pencil in deals in my neighborhood where this would make sense). 

The degree to which realtors think their skills dictate a sale price and/or time on market is breathtaking. 

Even if you do fix something up, you can't force appreciation to the degree that we've seen in the past 2-3 years.

I believe the current American Land Title Association Owner's Title Insurance Policy defines Insured as:h.

That ship sailed a long time ago, we are living off "credit cards" now to a really significant degree.

He sold this "investing opportunities" without revealing his relationship with MBD and any risk associated with that.

None of the names listed above appear to be pivoting into the homeowner association space, yet here in the northeast USA it's still quite a fragmented industry outside of the major urban centers with established and deep-pocketed PM firms. 

Would love infinite money) but cash-flow to the degree my wife can work if and when she wants to is good enough for me for now.