Ive been in contact with a real estate investor friendly realtor I was matched up with through the bigger pockets website.

We would typically not do this, but talking to a very experienced property manager friend, they agreed in fact suggested we let them out, this would be the one exception... crazy and aweful situation.3. 

I have a friend who bought the lot behind her house so she would never have someone behind her.

I had a friend who house-hacked a duplex and found that while being next-door helped him quickly resolve issues, it was tricky keeping the relationship professional.

The GDPR introduced comprehensive regulations on how organizations, including real estate companies, collect, process, and store personal data.

One of my friends had a house where the neighbors tree had a huge branch that crossed the property line and was actually overhanging and touching his roof. 

When you tell your friends you are a real estate investor, they want to hear you are investing in flips and cool multifamily properties.

I do it several times a day as a habit now.I absolutely agree with the suggestion above to make friends with realtors.

I recently went into a 50/50 LLC with a college friend to buy our first property in the college town we attended.

Also, what are you doing to make sure you are speaking to the actual landlord and not an applicant's friend posing as their landlord?