Tone, pace and the exact words matter.

most realtors deal with primary / retail buyers and sellers and they too aren't going to just walk properties for you. 

BUT they then ran the local grocery stores and some retail stores out of biz.

It reminds me of the Charles Schwab study - their best performing retail investment accounts were from dead people that never closed out the account.

Currently, this past 2 weeks I've been doing his and Pace's creative fiance series and when I tell you these people are just truly a blessing to the industry it's almost hard to put my gratification into words.

JamesI work with the loan programs through wholesale lenders so you wouldn't be able to go direct unless they have a retail side.

Rent growth is a function of supply, demand, and interest rates:- I'd ground any forecast by stating I expect national rents to rise on a pace more or less in line with inflation over any long time period. 2-3% per year.

You can very comfortably and at your own pace set yourself up for a very stable start by strategically positioning yourself to be able to buy a property this way if you start preparing now.I hope this was helpful!

Doing properties in Belize is a nice change of pace from Self Storage, Country Subdivisions and Flex buildings. 

I get to invest alongside experienced institutional investors and a bunch of other retail investors.