Basic staging with an agent usually means they give you insight into how you should:Declutter and depersonalize by removing photos and personal itemsArrange your furniture to improve the room’s flow and make it feel biggerAdd plants, move art, or re-arrange other accessoriesFull-service staging is another option if your house needs more hands-on attention.

For those with using Buildium for property management software, do you use Buildium's public site or do you use a website you have made and maintain?I'm currently using a website that I created 4 years ago, posting va...

In Land Investing Online there is a free support group as well as an affordable monthly subscription (I think $100) where you can share your deals for input from the other members. 

The energy in person is different for me, and I've made some of my best connections and friends at Chicago meetups.Here is a list of the Chicago event from BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a list of ALL THE CHICAGO MEETUPS that I am happy to share with you. 

He also doesn't control regulations in the states/cities, but his attempts to cut regulations may trickle down and impact personal property rights and people's ability to use their properties as they see fit.

Quote from @Pixel Rogue: Personally, I think you are over-thinking this.

If you've personally seen the applications and trust what they're doing on the front end to screen these residents it seems like this is an anomaly, at least for the 38128 property.

I always remember that rockstars know rockstars, so find someone who is a mover and shaker - likely a meetup host - and then ask them who they know.The people doing 100 flips are super busy, so I've also found the best person to find is someone who is a step or two ahead of me...so maybe for you, that is someone doing 2-3 flips a year. 

Quote from @Stuart Udis: Unfortunately there's a ton of online content teaching novice investors that reaching XYZ number of doors equates to financial independence.

Not really worth the time for me.As someone who has written a bunch of algorithms over the years, I am pretty sure there is much more that goes into the results for each person other than the obvious.