Is finding reliable people in these areas when moving into new markets a pain, where you have to go through lots of trial and error, or does networking or something else generally take care of this issue?

I may be completely off the mark here, but it feels more reasonable to have my trial by fire be in the less risky way as my initial venture(s).

I tried the free 2 week trial because well it was free and I wanted to see what he offered.

Obviously, management (good management that is) is important and not easy to find, it requires some trial and error when venturing into a new area.

So now I feel comfortable the property's ARV to be at least 90-91kOn the pay sites call up and ask for a two day trial, most will let you have it.

So my tenant is two months behind on rent, I went through all the processes to lead to the eviction trial which is set for today.

Took research, trial and error and experiences to grow.

Trial and error?

But the problem is that she has to make her payments for a 3-month trial period and there is no guarantee that the bank will follow through with the initial terms given in their offer.My friend doesn't want to make even the trial payments as she is close to retirement age and just wants to get rid the place.  

Yeah I guess with contractors it will be trial and error.