I'm a little nervous that the housing market may take a tumble over the next 12-24 months but it doesn't make sense to wait for the perfect entry point; I'm going to work to find the best deal I can and see where things go from there.In the meantime, I've reconnected with the local agent we used to purchase a teardown lot for our house a few years ago, and I plan to start engaging with property management companies and other real estate investors in my area.That's about all I have at the moment, looking forward to engaging with everyone here as well!

I reconnected with a friend from college who became a general contractor and he is helping me update my kitchen for very cheap.

Even on properties where I originally set everything up in person there are times where the device loses sync and needs to be re-connected from within the account, or times where I add a new smart device later on.It is a huge PITA honestly because it's usually a handyman or cleaner that has never used the app and I have to walk them through the steps without being able to see their screen, but it's the only way I've found for doing it.

Start using a CRM and add everyone on it that you have every known and start connecting or reconnecting with folks (at least the ones you want to reconnect with).

If he calls, your job is to connect or re-connect with him.

He was great and responsive, and even after we reconnected months later he remembered all of the details we had discussed during our showing.  

Mine turned out to be pretty easy because I had flex connections in place already and it was as easy as disconnecting the old electric heater and re-connecting the new one in its place. 

I'm then going to reconnect with this agent and tell him exactly what I'm looking for and further explain my intentions.

I have many tenants that have their gas shut off every spring (for non-payment) and then come up with the required $175 to have it reconnected for the winter.

As an update, I have been building my network and have found some great resources to assist with my search and even reconnected with an old friend that will help me with MLS access.