It's big enough here, too, to have a wide variety to choose from. 

But, you will likely have some long-time residents that will consistently be behind market rates for a variety of reasons.These "rule of thumb" measures can be misleading.  

If you return $100K but it cost you $30K to do the refinance, that's a pretty steep fee.At the end of the day you want to model a variety of scenarios and retain optionality to what will be best for the deal and your investors when the time comes.

This site was recommended to me as a great source of expert advice, so here goes: through a variety of mishaps, the homeowner's insurance for the property I own in Connecticut has lapsed for a bit over 90 days.

I have a variety of investment: rental property, stocks, ETFs, some bonds, and laddered CDs. 

You can find sales comps very easily on Zillow or Redfin, but make sure they are recent you can find rental comps with rentometer and you can see active rental competitors on a variety of sites including Zillow.

I have interviews Marine Bank in Melbourne and they seem very easy to work with and do offer a variety of portfolio loans. 

@Yenisel Avila this is definitely one of the most debated topics in the game but with iBuyers being out of the game the lead flower has never been better so I would say go after the seller and be aggressive with what you contract the property. 

Apartment investing , flips and pretty much all varieties  of RE were on a major upswing, Interest rates were low , financing was relatively easy to qualify  ..

as a new agent you need to decide where you will hang your license,(broker), you dont work on your own, part of the idea is than an experienced agent will over see you and help you work,there are many companies out there, interview with a few, let them talk, most would rather hear themselves anyway, steer clear of more independents that boast letting you keep more, not for newbees, i started out with national chains till going to remax after many years, the chains will will have additional training for you, I also mentored two other agents after hitting elite status on nationals, be ready to give some of commission for mentoring, dont volunteer it up front, you will have many fees to pay starting out, sometimes you can also be an assistant to a major agent too, you will list thru a multiple listing service that other agents used to find houses, public too, they cost also for membership, on your own you cant list on craigs and do open houses, there are some who only list and some who only sell, and some inbetween, if you are lucky enough to get both sides, suggest you get someone else to take buyers side for transaction if you have iron clad relationship, or stay neutral, some list only to take buyers elsewhere, one house one sale, one house many buyers, what ever you do stay intouch with listings, plus with national agency lots of experience, lots of ads, national website, referrals,traing avail if you got in this to work from home and make a large commission right away you got sold, fees will eat you up, sales take time, money and experience, some get in it to buy their own, that is an option too, do lots of phone time, stay friendly with all in office, avoid politics of all kinds, do rentals to pay the fees, they can  turn into buyers, expect to make first listing within 3-6 months, sale 6 months, till up to speed, my standard was 2 of each a month, some more some less depend on season, can tell you stories.... doing floor time once had buyer walk in, said wanted to spend no more than 2, turns out was million, no one wanted to do floor time, also my first listing was a real frank loyd wright home, other agents would me give their rental lookers, be willing for all, I worked in area of NJ where a famous golf course is, was one of few that belonged to all 3 mls, so had advantage, a $1500 corp rental relocation will some day buy, get to know the relo person, we used to give nice gifts to clients, make it something they will see everyday not flowers or candy