The post about asset quality should not be overlooked. 

Any tips, tricks, or best practices you wish you knew when starting out?

From a quality of life perspective, I've been considering Georgia and the Carolinas.

Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

AND, to boot, as we go higher, the air is thinner, there is less there (affordability).

I am checking out few condos for a rental investment. I have made up my mind to start with one rental and slowly grow my portfolio. Being in NJ, market is super competitive, so need to figure out how I can maximize th...

Here are some hopefully helpful tips and a few questions. 

I won't air my dirty laundry in public but here are a few areas that I have issues with:1) We don't have a contract (shame on me) though we do have some agreed upon terms that were written.

But the cynical side of my brain knows the worst flippers out there will find a workaround for it and continue delivering low-quality flips to unsuspecting buyers. 

I studied and aced my real estate exam, got on with an awesome brokerage here in Lincoln NE. and holy smokes, that is just the tip of the iceberg.