These are straight up "circle prospecting" cold calls.

The PM company required the prospective tenants to view the apartment before we would process an application.

Hi @Derek Dodd, Any luck with your prospective private investor and this deal?

My goal by end of 2019 is to be entirely out of single family, have 1 or 2 NNN properties valued at $5MM, and to have $1M in equity deployed into passive syndications.Having a payed off asset 30 years from now is not as enticing as the prospect of not having to deal with tenants ;)

It is always a good idea to drive around the prospective neighborhood to see what it looks like.

San Antonio is an interesting prospect because I have some family members that live in the area and could, in my dad's words, "Get your brother to drive by and make sure the house isn't on fire."

if prospective does not lease with you ---- don't share a copy of the report with him.

In addition, I've never been involved in any major home renovations and I'm not particularly handy so the the prospect of managing a contractor from afar seems a little daunting.

What I did instead was talk to the prospective renter for quite a while learning as much about his/her personality, credit history, etc., as possible. 

@Rich Miami - DMV is expensive but I'm trying to find my way down to Baltimore and see what the prospects are out there.