Remember to save some money for capital repairs.

And since you are licensed, you can potentially do some sales on the side to increase income and save up for investing.

Ultimately I agree that responsiveness is very much appreciated, but you won't really know that until you start working together with the agent.

Securing funding has been challenging, particularly because my business documents reflect low revenue from only one duplex, and I am currently between jobs.I have identified a reasonably priced piece of land and have saved a small portion of the funds from my duplex sale to invest in this venture.

That has saved us more than a few times. 

I’m currently going through the process of getting a HELOC and feel confident we’d be able to fund a purchase using that but using PML has ultimately been a goal of mine and would like to incorporate it into one of these purchases if possible. 

I'm not sure I would label this result "saving money" for your client, and I'm not sure I would brag about it.

About how they saved $6,000/yr for the last 10-20 years.

I haven't had a full-time employment for a while but I have money saved up to buy a property or two.Is anyone here living abroad also or know anyone living abroad that is not physically buying properties in the USA but abroad?

Video walkthroughs and establishing a trusted boots on the ground are just as good plus save me hours and hours of driving!