Marcus & Millichap’s report also mentions the importance of universities to Pittsburgh’s rental market, “The considerable number of universities in Pittsburgh will provide a diverse hiring pool for the area’s growing tech sector in 2017 and beyond.

Budgeting for furniture and coordinating the time to execute or hire a designer is something we try and factor into our Pro Forma or analysis.

If you hire a Property Manager they can sometimes help arrange lawn and snow removal service.  

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

Could I instead hire foundation repair and soil stabilization services to prevent foundation issues?

You decided to become a real estate agent.You went to school, bought your books, passed your exam, got hired by a broker, ordered business cards and took a head shot.

Just spoke with a business dev rep from BAM today, good conversation, said theyre not worried about rates right now and have plans in place to account for them. 

 just start generating leads and start talking to people and when you’re not doing that educate yourself also hire a mentor just basically get active..

Quote from @Kody Smith: without getting too deep into my finances, what my strategy is...1. take loans to buy properties (leverage)2. fix/flip for day to day cash flow income3. use some of the fix/flip income to buy consistent cash flow through:- business acquisition, - commercial properties (MF and store fronts),I have no intention of doing ALL of the management myself, I will hire management as needed (medium term goal)my expected core role is money provider, evaluating the numbers, making decisions, and connecting with investors, wholesalers, lenders, contractors, and property owners.while I am just on step 2 of the journey, I am looking toward step 3 to stabilize, and not worry about if house prices drop mid project or not (or not worry as much) So to be fair this is more about obtaining and growing a real estate business not simply buying rentals for cashflow.

What I personally do is I will hire a local Civil engineer who has done subdivisions in the jurisdiction and I will pay them up front for a detailed feasibility study.