Find out what the local regulations are and check the local paper if there are any restrictions being proposed for the area. 

At some point, I will get my real estate license to get access to the MLS and to qualify for seller financing, but I am also debating whether I should get the license before getting a real estate job or simply before I am ready to start buying my own properties. 

As someone from Newburyport, I see similar trends in greater Boston and agree that strategic investment is key (espeically with tightening restrictions).

But one thing is for certain when you syndicate you now have 1000 partners who all have access to the internet for all things good bad or indifferent.How One handles the tough times is very important to reputation management as we ALL go through tough times if you have been in this business long enough.  

Most of the good skip trace sites want you to have a "permissible purpose" for you to access their databases. 

In that configuration there is some key elements, namely access, utilities and layout.  

However, if rent control is too restrictive, it will chase housing providers out of the city.

Hello Trevor,Why do you give the tenants in units 2 and 3 the access to use your laundry facility?

The current area we are living in is very expensive (Boerne, TX) and is a heavily deed restricted region.

After framing out the access to the room from the kitchen, I added some dry wall and voila - my 4/3 is now a 3/2 with a STR studio.