The buyer finally reaches out to say that the bank is having a hard time seasoning a couple of the homes in their portfolio. 

I don’t have a problem paying a couple grand to remove some of the just figure it out stage of learning and utilizing expertise of people that already do it. 

I ended up with some rules, couple here:1.Discrimination - Never Rent to Attorneys, Law students or Law Professors.Learn all you can about the Housing Laws i.e.

I prefer to stay further from the coast and hopefully further from major storm/flooding events (potentially lower insurance costs).  

I looked at Sapphire pretty hard last year, and made a couple of offers there, but in the end decided it wasn't the market for me.

I prefer the multis because there’s one set of expenses and multiple rents coming in.

I've tried a couple - truepeoplesearch, white-ages, property radar, leadsherpa, batch leads...Some services are better than others, but it is a numbers game and you also can cross check between different platforms.

Plus by taking long-term debt you have more flexibility (emergency case here) of a couple hundred if you came into financial difficulty. 

You could also check what Realtors in your market are preferred agents here on BP- they should have at least a little experience with investing and a network built up. 

Couple quick swipes of the planer, cleaned up the sides to get rid of the bumps, nice and smooth.