A note of caution: The investor needs to fully understand rehab costs and the risks affiliated with this type of solution.

I bought my first rental property in Allentown last year through an agent affiliated with Steel City Realty.

Bullet point summary:-saw vacant house-researched records...found it to be vacant since a foreclosure in 2009-owner of record = veterans affairs office-when i called the va office they said they dont have anything on it-their affiliate (vrm) also said they dont have record of it-employee at va office said it may be a mistake in the record and that the lender = owner todayif the lender was the owner and foreclosed in 2010....why is it still sitting vacant and rotting away for past 6-7yrs?

I have an affiliate link if you want to request it from me to let 'em know I sent you.

The timing/ordering can be critical with the related-party limitations (which often comes into play if an affiliate purchases a property for development and then later plans to transfer the property to a new partnership/LLC set up for the project).

Eventually, you want to narrow it down to a couple of cities that you are affiliated with - having friends or families living in that city, experience living there, or simply somewhere that's driving distance from you.If you like, I can share my market study report with you.

One option that could work if your job has affiliations in the Charlotte area would be to say that your current job is transferring you to Charlotte.  

ESA are not considered petsif the ducting was free of pet dander at move in, charging for the duct cleaning due to the ESA is a legitimate cost of the ESA and is allowed to be passed on to the renter.Consider using a pet screening service such as www.PetScreening.com (no affiliation), it can discourage some unscrupulous tenants with ESAs.My view is HUD should change their current regulations regarding ESA to reduce the abuse. 

There are also a few good local Facebook groups that I'd recommend PM me for details (I'm not affiliated with them, it's just another great place to network locally). 

If a car dealership makes an email list of buyers, and those buyers have opted into the car dealerships list to be informed of new cars as soon as they become available...will it be ok to but company name and/or logo that the buyer is affiliated with, on my car dealership page?