If you are already using key words and such boost your social exposure and begin to market to friends of friends on facebook and direct your budget to facebook ads and such.

The value of complaints and exposure by having an a/c system fail in summer on a renter is calculated at an additional 8%.

It was more early 90's misguided romantic notions fueled by Northern Exposure/Jack London that brought me here....

It's kind of a bummer that your first exposure to tenant relations is with people like these.  

All of you guys are STUCK in obedience to "authority"  (a good movie, by the way, if you can stomach the 45 minutes of exposure by Dr.

The reason you want to use an agent is to put the property on MLS, more exposure.

I feel like my main exposure is threat of lawsuit from injuries on property, not from things which may occur in my life outside of the property (i.e.

My suggestion is to establish relationships with several wholesalers, in order to gain exposure to a multitude of properties monthly.  

But then again I'm not very active on the site these days and I also have a low risk exposure in it.

But like almost anything in real estate, most things are highly localized and market specific, and there are definitely:a) Wolves out there pouncing at the opportunity to take your moneyb) Very well intentioned people who just don't know what they're doingc) People who do appear to have a successful track record but can be a bit short-sighted (throwing large sums of money into the real estate game with no regard or proper planning for the next inevitable market shift)d) People who seem to get lucky sometimesande) Guys who are experienced, have a track record, and are prepared to play the long game (are aware of market cycles, have a plan that limits their and/or their investors exposure during potential transition periods between market swings, and so forth)There's probably more but that's my short list off the top of my head.