I would never form an entity with them when I can do it online with a firm that charges a fraction of what they charge).

I do SMS, cold call, mail, online, wholesalers, etc.

Quote from @Diana Teng: Hi all,I think my question above is pretty direct.I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  that offer affordable homes that deem to be in hot market areas right now (according to many different articles online). 

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.

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@Kristin Jarman I'm sure this is meant to sound enticing especially with the payments being "guaranteed" and tone online is hard so hopefully this doesn't come off too crass or anything but...Might just be me, but the idea of taking over another contractors failed or half done project, regardless of payments being "guaranteed" or not doesn't sound like an enticing project to me. 

This is the max that Sec8 will pay for any property and is the information that you can find online.  

Can't find any reviews online on that.

Look for your states offer to purchase contract online or contact a realtor to get a blank copy. review the agreement to be sure assignment is not expressly excluded. if there is nothing excluding assignment from the contract then writing the words "/And or Assigns" after the name or company's name on the buyer's line should be sufficient.Good luck!

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