They say we will be better off working through them, with the developers they have approached.Are we better assembling ourselves and working with a developer(s), rather than going through this middle man?

(I'm in the middle of Brandon Turner's book Rental Property Investing.

I am paying off loans and don’t plan on buying any assets that do not provide income in 2025. 2- I set a goal of increasing my real estate investments by 100% and try to go from middle 500k to 1million.

I have gotten pretty good with multi-families in low to low-middle class neighborhoods.  

Is the old adage that landscaping doesn't get any ROI in a middle-class market still true?

We also really like using Hyatt points since they seem to be the best value so far for us.One thing I've had a hard time figuring out is what pace to apply for credit cards.

But the classes are at your own pace and some states don't require a liscence. 

There's a bunch of online courses available, look for the ones that offer the self-paced $100-$150 courses. 

Tenant move out in the middle of eviction process and we are unable to serve him.Any suggestions on how to proceed with money judgement as we cannot locate him to serve him ?

I can say this particular seller also is looking for a property w/in 30 minutes of (the middle between massanutten and harrisonburg), so 30 minutes from there is where he is looking and wants a fixer upper or not, but is willing to pay 300k cash for an off market property.