Put it out there and a group like this can steer you to the best resources.

Trust but verify" is one of the fundamental rules of successful RE investing.Caveat: if you have an incredible, proven, trustworthy team of boots on the ground who you've worked with for many years and through many deals, and they've never steered you wrong--in that scenario, I *might* take their word for it...but, most investors (esp. newbies) don't have that type of OOS team in-place.

Rates are high, and have been high for sometime now, but don't let the interest rate steer you away if the numbers make sense on the next property.

(What aspect steers you away from using a professional manager?)

If you need help finding some deals let me know and I can steer you in the right direction.

You need a different agent if he feels it his job to steer to new construction and you are interested in existing stock.

When we have investors approach us about a purchasing a condo as an investment, we steer them towards a townhome, preferably with a pool, if their budget permits.

I steered away from them after reading this thread. 

For your first rental, steer clear of section 8.

This is not the only time that I have dealt with this but what really opened my eyes is I just asked my insurance rep for a quote for an off market 6plex that was brought to me and she pretty much warned me that a lot of her clients are steering away from investing in the Canton City jurisdiction strictly because of the code inspectors.Have any of you ran in to this problem?