In the case of a syndicate, the LLC and its operating agreement help to formalize the legal relationship between investors.

Driving for dollars and attending local real estate meetups can help you find motivated sellers and build relationships.

Communication, trust, and a good relationship.

I'm deliberating whether I should hire my neighbor (he just had leg surgery and walking with a cane) across the street to do construction because if the construction turns out bad, I strain the relationship with the neighbor across the street, and also whether I should hire my neighbor from another place who does the design because I kinda don't prefer he knows where I live (just because if the design turns out bad, I strain another relationship with him and exposes my address of where I live).

We've been using an agency in Zachary that we have a good relationship with.

I had also been building a relationship up with my lender over the past half decade, so they allowed me to add the value of a second property to my HELOC. 

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@Alex Kohler I have had a rent by the room home in Mesa for the last 3 years, and almost all of my tenants, and all my tenants I didnt already have some relationship with, have come from FB marketplace.

Managing it, and building a relationship with the city will make it easier for you to start investing in non section 8 rentals and doing the work it needs to get them approved by the program.

Mac I cant do that.. my plumber gives me a price for all 90 homes and to get that price its his relationship with the manufacturer or supply house..