Going still further, I ask for their social media handles to try to get a better handle on who I'm dealing with.

The majority have evictions on their record, don't make enough income or have a lot of debt under their name.Comparing other rentals on Zillow, my asking rent is $1100 while other properties are trying to rent at $1200.

Hello Doug, I am not a real estate attorney nor is this legal advice.Unless someone's state has specific laws banning contract assignments you should be fine doing the following.  

This book introduced me to financial concepts and made me look at money and investing in a completely different way.

Try to make sure main photo very inviting so you stand apart from other listings.

Quote from @Frank Flores: For a rookie with low investment capital, what investment strategy would be best for me at this time?

Would that be, for example, if the PM says, "I manage a duplex for John Smith in Turlock," then I call John as a reference, ask John a few questions, and then ask John the address of his duplex so I can later look it up on the county website and verify if he is the owner?

This is critical.

It has a lot of features that I simply can't write down all together.Zoho SalesIQ it integrates with your websites for real time chat supportZoho Workdrive, this is a Google Drive alternative except Zoho gives you 5 TBs right of the bat!

Good you are researching this topic - I also love subject tos and have written a book on the topic.  2.