However, there are more and more resources that are helping the industry as a whole, so hopefully this will shift more positively in the coming years. 

Just like you, she can do RE as a side gig and learn a lot more while she keeps her own nest egg going and her lendability strong with a regular job.You should loop her into a major document with all of the properties and all of the profit and loss and go through them one by one and talk about whether to sell or keep, and also base it on geography for her and your collective choice of management.

Bee Setups again threatened they were going to move forward with collections.

They may pay what is owed, or I may have to send them to collections and get it the hard way. 

Check this out to learn how to intervene before collections become an eviction issue. https://www.padsplit.com/help/article/how-can-i-prevent-a-me...

Title companies are another great resource. investor friendly title companies work with investors daily.

Pro: In addition to MLS access your brokerage might provide access to other resources such as detailed online assessment data not available free to the public. 

He would be a great resource to you as you look to kick off your investing here in Colorado Springs. 

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