Questions that I'd have about the references: -Are they customers who have closed loans with him or associates? 

Another good source to grow your network is your local manufactured home association.

When you are making offers on properties that are not on the market is it properties that are off market but in association through another realtor or is it pretty much cold calling land owners to see if they want to sell?

Otherwise, I think you're wise to measure the return on investment associated with renovating your units.

That's a great starting place.Also, look for landlord association meetings in your area and attend to learn the vocabulary and laws.The best way to learn is to do, so owning rentals is the best class in property management!

You can get addresses, phones numbers, and names of relatives and people associated with deceased person. 

You and this tenant have definitely started off wrong and functioned poorly for 3 years.Get your own tenant and reclaim your profits.Then see if there is a Landlord Association in your area that you can join and start attending local meetings to get local support and information.We want to see you successful!

You won't have to get an appraisal when buying cash and any costs associated to the mortgage are only when you get the loan.I recommend you do the lender legwork now, though.

I would make sure you're knowledgeable on Maine's landlord-tenant laws regarding security deposits and the risks associated with renting to a smoker before following through with any of this.

I recently started the Real Estate Investment Association, a student-ran organization, at Wayne State.