Quote from @Melissa Stanley: I’m hoping to purchase a few properties with a friend/business partner but after meeting with a lawyer am even more confused.

BTW: most owners that have hired a PMC, don't want to speak with you, much less meet with you in person to hear a hyped-up sales pitch.Also, you want to do rental arbitrage - so, you will need to be properly licensed to manage properties you do not own as required by your state & local laws.- why would an owner want to do business with someone NOT properly licensed?

I've since also requested the same list from 5 other cities.I am looking forward to meeting some of you and hopefully working and learning from you as well.

I’m planning a trip to Birmingham in the next week or so to meet with agents, build my network, and hopefully find my first deal.If anyone has experience investing in Birmingham or has recommendations for agents, contractors, or lenders, I’d love to connect!

I enjoyed meeting you and was truly impressed by your dedication to learning about real estate investment and development in depth.Congratulations to the four students who have already completed the course and received their certificates at the event! 

I would look at multifamily meet ups in the area to start.

Set up a Joint account with the seller so you can make deposits to continue the automatic payments to the lender until you refinance the property.Thanks,Dustin

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

I just moved to Tyler and bought my first real estate property here and I just wanted to meet other likeminded investors in the area!

For sure, I'll send you a connect message, you can also click on my signature line to schedule a meeting.