Keep your emails to all applicants showing that you communicated the same criteria to everyone up to a certain date and then changed it after a specific date.

Teach them to communicate via email or text so you can respond when you have time.

I started wholesaling and learned people like to work with verbal communications and no one had an interest to want to put any type of co wholesale of joint venture agreement together.

Do you rely on local property managers, or do you have your own systems in place for things like maintenance, tenant communication, and rent collection?

They take on the responsibility of tenant communication, emergencies, and paperwork, which can otherwise be overwhelming for individual property owners.The Challenges of DIY Property ManagementWhile many investors choose to manage their own properties, it comes with its set of challenges.

Serious working pros that are honest and communicative. 

Due to his lack of communication ability he has to work through third parties such as myself to obtain this critically needed information.

So, you can't simply trust them to handle things on your behalf and often communication is challenging especially if they choose to make it that way. 

I believe this information should be shared before they take your 8000.00  Open Spaces program created a Facebook page (for Alumni of the program) to allow all cohorts to communicate and ask each other real estate investment questions even after the 3 months program closed.

This info comes from the Latest California Department of Real Estate Monthly communications.