@Mason Marin,Great goals, and you have a great head on your shoulders, staying at home while you save money for a down payment on a couple of properties is brilliant!  

He passed the torch to his son Gil who stands on his dad's shoulders and does great things. 

Anytime an issue arises that doesn't explicitly fall on one of their shoulders, they will deflect blame to the other party.Ultimately, if it's not their responsibility, it's yours.

Running the utilities back to your house once they are at the road will be on  your shoulders (labor and payment) and it costs a ton (depending how far back your house is from the road) so be prepared.Other considerations are where the driveway will go, are there any flood concerns, is there a good building site on the land? 

"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." - Sir Isaac NewtonFind a Giant (mentor) to learn from... and you will see much, much further.

Merlina Rodas , it appears you have a great head on your shoulders as you are studying and learning as much as you can before jumping into it.

If you're confused about a given step, there's something that you haven't completed with the prior step.Best way to key in to what matters to your prospect(s) is to begin listing all the issues that will bother them and motivate them to do business with YOU. in other words, identify problems that they either cannot resolve themselves or are not willing to do so and with to put on shoulders of another.Find ways to be of service and add unique in the minds of your prospects. 

In one training that I attended specifically focused on landlording, the trainer (who manages lots of units) indicated that whenever he started to evict somebody, he wanted to be sure he had grounds to carry out the eviction to COMPLETION - bad blood develops with an eviction filing, and the tenant develops a chip on their shoulder you might have to now deal with.

Being so far apart it'll be more difficult to establish a connection, and ultimately one of them will set themselves head and shoulders above the rest.

I've got a feeling that Max isn't gonna get CONned on this one, not with BP looking over his shoulder.