I'm still right side up due to getting a deal and finding a tenant who was willing to pay above market rent, but the point is this is a cash intensive business and little things can quickly add up to a lot of expense. 

Once you think there is no law pertaining to the activity then the work begins this is a belly to belly business your not going to do this on E mail and text messaging .. you will need to be able to sit down with these folks or it will never happen.

It's shifting to a model of a big anchor, a Target or a Costco, and lots of little businesses in that same shopping center. 

I’d like to get into this type of business.

BP doesn't allow any form of marketing in the open forums, which includes your business or services.

But from a moral & ethical perspective, you may want to decide at some point to just eat it and accept write it off as cost of doing business.

Now of course there are still deals to be had out there, I am not saying that, but its a lot harder to find those deals today than five years ago when everything was a deal due to low interest rates.We are always buying but this is my business, so we have a team etc. to manage it.

I have a commitment to invest in rental properties, meet professionals  & eventually meet potential business partners!

I recently watched a video of a social media guru suggesting in 30 days he could have a team in place in any market in the country and be up and running with a successful real estate business.

View it as a business expense like you do the mortgage.