Contractors, unless you have a working relationship with them, normally do not want you bouncing ideas off them.Understand what their hourly rate is, have a discussion with them that you are okay with paying them an hourly rate if they walk the property with you and provide you a scope of work along with an explanation of what you can/can't get away with in regards to improvements.ask them if you go with them, if they can credit you the amount that you paid.Once you develop a working relationship with a few contractors, you can bounce ideas off them and expect quality responses.I do not invest in New York.Best of luck. 

Hi Mindy,Its been a little over an hour and I still get the banned message when I go to my inbox. 

If you have three people renting together, combine their incomes into one to see if it meets the 3x requirement.However, nothing is that easy.

I spend less than an hour a month dealing with them. 

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

I could go on for hours of the horror stories, (squirrels raised by tenant's) yeah!!!! 

Spend at least 2 hours per day researching online about your desired investment strategies.

@Chris Ke With $200K for a down payment and the ability to invest full-time, consider starting with a 4-plex or multiple single-family homes (SFHs) within a 5-hour drive of Los Angeles in areas like San Bernardino or Riverside.

The first unit is a four-bedroom, three-bathroom duplex, while the second unit is a two-bedroom duplex.

If you control how they perform tasks, set their hours, or provide tools, they should likely be a W-2 employee, requiring you to withhold taxes and comply with payroll regulations.