From my experience tenants will be better behaved with you living next to them. 

I have a question: when I make an offer on a property with an assign, should I be having an agent put in that offer on my behalf?

You are EXACTLY why we need to be having this conversation. 

I bought their last March and it's been a nightmare almost everything down there needs to be repaired in all places you buy out there and there's no one that does the work and if they do they're so overpriced you would think you would be having it built in gold

Markets behave in a weird convoluted way in response to intervention so predicting the exact outcome in terms of which commodity will be impacted in what way taxes a more complex analysis.

This is helpful and one common theme seems to be having someone trustworthy as boots on the ground.  

My goal for the next five years is to be have at least five rentals, I'm really excited to have found BP and hope to learn as much as I can to get out of my JOB and become a full time investor.

The new forums are behaving erratically. 

Just saying those are the reasons you may be having a hard time finding a lender that will believe you.

I also strive to continue learning as I progress in my new venture, whatever it may be.  Having