Each town is a little different, some require you to do a landlord registration and/or will want to do an inspection before you put a tenant in (calling the town would probably be the easiest, or they may have the info right online).

You'll need good contact info for them to be able to collect, and ideally the new address for the tenant however which if you don't have can probably be found easily with some online sleuthing/ contacting their employer, skip tracing software, etc. 

Sometimes these types of deals require that you purchase a software to help search for lots,so we'll see.Most of the time,established people in industry are not going to come online and scam people,why would they ruin their own business in the offline arena?

A friend advised me to check reviews online and look for someone local with experience in single-family homes.

Hello I like to go by Rhyse online!

Then just yesterday, I come across the 1099 / 1099-NEC form requirements online from my own research.

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Look it up online and see how much u actually can buy.

The majority of buyers appreciate the expertise that a good agent provides (local market knowledge that can only be gained by being active in the market buying and selling all the time, looking at most of the new listings in person or at least online daily, a background in or at least understanding of building construction, relationships within the network of professionals in the industry doing deals, vendor referrals, legal protection through E&O insurance and keeping up with constant changes in approved contracts and required disclosures and forms, negotiating skills (the average person is terrible at negotiating directly and has no desire to, I find Americans are uniquely averse to negotiating and prefer to outsource it but I digress), etc.).

Property Details- Size: 64,000 SF Class A mixed-use building - Commercial Space: 25,000 SF - Residential Space: 39,000 SF (32 duplex apartments, 2BD/2BA) - Parking: 165 spaces Vacancy and Rental Status35% of the prime commercial space (about 10,000 SF) was vacant and not marketed for rent online. 13 of the 32 duplex apartments were rented at 35% discount to comps What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?