No, I am not friends with my tenants, but I am certainly friendly.One way to think about it is why would I be willing to rent to somebody that I wasn't confortable with knowing my name and home? 

Brandon, it depends on whether you are an individual CRM user or a team.

I think it actually matters more of the distance from your primary, but I would definitely talk to an investor-friendly lender to see their thoughts. https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/lenders

Make friends with a good agent and you'll both prosper. 

Check out BiggerPockets investor-friendly lender finder if you need any more thoughts https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/lenders

Sometimes these deals are easy and smooth and everyone agrees, nice, and friendly, and then sometimes when they look easy, they end up way more complicated. 

I have had several friends suggest that it would be wiser to start off with rentals within driving distance of where I live. 

- Properly document your rental income on a schedule E and report it to the IRS.Connect with an Investment Friendly Lender- Not all lenders are equal.

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I do t what to argue the merits of the importance of title searching for title insurance I get it you love them you want to marry them they saved you money unhappy for you I have my opinion you have yours I'm just saying would you take a step back and you look at the amount of BS that they throw in there with what they're doing and the fact that they do forget who works for who it's crazy that being said I'm just wondering how long this is going to go on for every time the house sells and if you do have some of that doesn't want to sign off as is their right not to want to give off all the information especially in the climate of fraud that you talked about is there a solutionNo where in your screed did you give an explanation for why you didn't get a title policy when you bought the property from your friend, all you did was complain that the title company is being unreasonable and uncaring by refusing to help you clear up a problem of your own making.