It was an enormous rehab and I didn't have the experience or the contractors to take it on.

Figure out a question set that helps dive into their expertise as investor-friendly agents, ask about their experience in the investment real estate space, and have them send you a few properties that could meet your goals to show that they can provide quality properties for your to analyze (hint: this is also good to see if they overpromised on their market [ex - Raleigh for cash flow]).Also with the new lawsuit, any agent that knows what they're doing will require you to sign an agency agreement prior to viewing a home.

in my experience doing this in Vegas - the gross rental income is about 50% higher. 

In my experience, you need to open the llc, then go to IRS.gov and get an EIN number.

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Worst contractor experience I've ever had.I then hired a second remediator.

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House hacking and basement conversions have worked in my experience. 

Will just complicate things from our experience.

My long-term goal is to build a portfolio of multifamily rentals while also working as an agent helping investors scale their portfolios.Your experience sounds incredible!