I currently work in the logistics/ transportation industry and have been looking to either get out of the industry completely or find another way to supplement my income.  

Instead, we do the search ourselves and supplement that with a search from the title company just to cover the remote possibility that they find something that we didn't.

interested in amassing a sizeable real estate portfolio over the long term to both supplement my career income and provide for retirement.

I rented rooms to supplement my income.

Supplementing a tenants rent is counter productive to the goals of investing.

Total / Monthly Rent * 2 (e.g. 4500/1500 = 3 * 2 = 6)Supplemental income not reported on applicants IRS Income Tax form may be considered if cosigned 2.0X or below: Application rejected, co-signer may be considered Stable income or employment For of 3+ years: 5 points 1-3 years: 3 points 0-1 year: 0 points Credit history: Score over 750: 10 pointsScore 701-750: 5 pointsScore 651-700: 2 points Below 650: 0 points Bankruptcy: -10 points Collections: -5 points Unknown or withdrawn: application rejected At current address for a minimum of: 1 year: 3 points 1+ years: 5 points Less than 1 year: -5 points Pets: 1.

Not contracting anything the previous poster said just trying to supplement it.

We treat flips as supplemental or "bonus" income.

*shrug* You can certainly make a spam email account and get added to a mailing list or two, and supplement your redfin lurking with seeing if anything arriving at that email address is a good fit.Often there are extra hoops you will encounter.

I plan on keeping my "day job" for several more years and have the rentals to supplement my retirement income when I'm really old :)