You should already have a company lined up that is going to provide your background check and credit reports for you.To get over that mental hurdle... imagine a scenario of getting burned and losing thousands of dollars.

The house was a burn out and had significant fire damage.

It's their responsibility to find a storage unit, sell the stuff, burn it, or cram it into closets.It's really that simple.

If you are thinking of multifamily, as in 5+ units, it is a smaller playing field, and you don't want to burn bridges with realtors by wasting their time because you didn't know something.

Hello Fellow DMV Investors,Here are some interesting recent stories from the D.C. real estate world.River Farm taken back off the market.Following pandemic, converting office buildings into housing may become new ‘normal’ (it's a few months old but still relevant)1,100 Units in the Works Along the Columbia Pike CorridorTakoma Park Exploring Redevelopment of Washington Adventist Hospital CampusKamala Harris Has Finally Sold Her DC Condo (it seems that I'm not alone in that struggle :-)Keep up with issues specific to the region with @Russell Brazil and Jack Seidens' DC Real Estate Podcast and the latest sales trends with @Cassidy Burns' DMV Weekly Market Update.

Also, if something really bad happens (house burns down, tenant gets electrocuted and dies) things will be much worse for you when it comes out that the setup was sketchy and didn't have any official stamp on it.

When your dollar and percentage of profits are low, this is exactly how investors get burned. 

Big BRRRRs get delayed a lot and you can get burned without the right team or knowledge of the local market.

. ($$$$)And make sure the smoke detectors are up (not expired) and working properly.I shudder to think how you will feel if someone burns to death in there.

, but it's worth at least finding out what that price is.Whenever I have someone who can't easily find insurance (Oakland hills fire risk, directly on a fault line, the vast NorCal region where large parts burn down every year, 120 year old Victorian with brick foundation and K&T wiring, and so on), that's my go-to.