I know having a great relationship with a mortgage broker is critical for future sucess.

As far as buy and hold, I would recommend Jeffrey Taylor's The Landlord's Survival Guide as property management is critical to buy and hold. 

We have a number of renovations planned for the dental office space, which would benefit us much more if we owned the building as well.I mostly need to know what questions to be asking or critical information I may be missing, I don't want to buy something that ends up costing us money in the long run, just for the sake of being our own landlords. 

This is why it's critical for real estate investors to use real estate savvy CPAs.

Your advice is so narrow minded to full time or homebased investors I can't believe that I am the only one that ever sees this when they read your posts.I will never personally throw away a 15% COC return because it doesn't meet some ridiculous forced appreciation projection, or whatever other mathematically self-stroking overly analytical criticism can be thrown at it.  

A. to learn as much as possible about the buyer's needsB. have five appointments ready to show  the buyerC. to insist that you are the perfect salesperson to work with the buyerD. to find a property for the buyer6.which housing style displeases some critics because of its mix and match look that they say is oversized, pretentious, and without style?

I live in Wisconsin and was wondering if there are issues relating to property inspections when there may be snow and ice obstructing critical areas like roofs and foundations.Responses from investors in Wisconsin or similar areas is appreciated.

Housekeeping is critical if there is a central laundry area.

That said, this is one it is critical to pick the right team. 

Cheap shortcuts are not sustainable, nor will they do much to help your credibility which is absolutely critical in this business.The first thing you should do, if you haven't done so already is to build a Twitter account, Facebook and LinkedIn page.