Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

Which essentially puts some standards in place and a good guideline for handling all things in the company. ie. company mission, telephone standards, tenant screening process, etc. 

Go to GET STARTED > EVENTS AND MEETUPS at the top of your screen.

NY isn’t the best state for landlords, but if you screen tenants well it isn’t all that bad.Once you pick a market find a rockstar agent.

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.

I used it to list my properties, screen tenants, manage payments, send notifications, manage maintenance.

When interviewing PMs, ask about their average lease up time, tenant screening process, and vacancy rates.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Ensure you have reserves for vacancies or repairs, properly screen tenants, switch to landlord insurance, and keep detailed records for tax time.

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