The short term goal is to stop renting, put my money towards something that pays me vs the other way around and to get my feet wet in REI.BPSo far I've listened to a couple of podcasts, 1 of an interview with Mehran K, who buys multi-families out of state and another by a fella (sorry can't remember his name) who bought his first multi-family live-in in the Boston area.

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There is an article about interviewing Cash Buyers first, saving your direct mail marketing money, and knowing exactly what they want, where they want it, and how much they will pay.Interviewing Cash Buyers I think is a great way to "AVOID direct mail hit and miss" and "getting the deal first and cash will come" is not always true.Finding people that bought all cash with custodians I think is a great idea.Custodians are companies that structure paperwork for self directed iras.See http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3/blog_posts/40...

I have found that many realtors will say they have loads of experience working with investors, but when it comes down to finding properties, they often have no idea what a good deal actually looks like.As you interview realtors, ask them to show you their portfolio of recent properties they have sold to investors, and ask them to walk you through the numbers on 2-3 properties.

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Start interviewing property managers.

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There was one podcast that I recently listened to that went into the tenant interview process and provided some huge insight into properly screening tenants to minimize problematic tenant base, I'm hoping this will help in my journey.  

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If you get a call from the police and they ask to "interview" (interrogate) you tell them "Not without the presence of council [a lawyer.]"