I find it beneficial to communicate my screening criteria to potential clients before they arrange a viewing or submit an application.It is useful to directly verify information with employers and landlords.Make sure to follow both your state regulations and the Fair Housing Act.

Happy to talk to you more and run through our screening process for tenants more in depth.

Make sure they use flat white paint for the ceilings (no shadows or glare). $7k is a great price for that house!

Their lenders are flat out scams.

I have a non conforming basement unit in a legal 3 flat.

A flat out, "No", makes you sound uncooperative. 

Flat fee services, multiple layer and level packages (Silver, Gold, Platinum) have accompanied all kinds of other offerings, tenant and eviction insurance, marketing fees, reporting fees, tech fees, and even talk-to-a-real person fees.

So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of your screen, and you can search for other MEMBERS or LOCAL MEETUPS.

If the answer to all three is Yes, I buy.And let life unfold.I have NO IDEA what the ultimate return will be….NONE….And neither does any other investor if they are honest…..most crystal balls I find are broken.But if one acquires the property is a solid long term manner based on fundamental investing principles and is never forced to sell…History indicates the long term trajectory of price and rents are up.In my experience, real estate follows cycles……. 6 or 7 years of a bull market, 1 or 2 years down (though the up is always larger than the down), 1 or 2 years of flat which then sets the floor for the next run up.