The agent might get a bad taste in their mouth after repeating this cycle over and over again, especially of there is no money to be made in it...I think you should definitely do your homework and ask your agent for help once you have narrowed down your criteria, market, etc and have analyzed some potential leads.

I do small to medium size projects, my business is mostly word of mouth.

His mouth drops open over my letter saying send me your rents.

This is disturbing, and it's one of the reasons I'm happier investing in an area with lower rents than in my home town.

ONe of the big wholesaler jumped on another thread offering to go drive by and made the comment  ( hey I probably sold them the house)  OK so wholesaler makes moneycontractor makes money.. don't think oceanpointe was doing this a charity someone had to own these and want the owner profit.. then you have the marketing company and you and I know what they make.So you add that all up and there is not enough gross revenue to feed all the mouths.. so what gets done is you buy the worse hood rats for next to nothing.. market them like they are top shelf investments.. sell them to a bunch of newer or newbie investors who don't know what they don't know but because you have this huge social media presence they are inclined to trust you. 

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Hi all, A quick "update": After a lot of research into Morris Invest and a few other turnkey providers, for a number of reasons my husband and I decided to go with @Clayton Mobley and Spartan Invest as our turnkey provider based in Birmingham, AL and couldn't be happier!  

If you don’t, I’d take time to partner with someone even if your cut is only 5% or 10% I’d do whatever it took as there’s nothing better than literally putting your money where your mouth is. 

Yeah, I think that you would be happier to hire a local pm company. 

You'd be best served to contact your state's real estate department and get the facts directly from the horse's mouth on this one.