Driver around all the streets and look for vacant houses.

First l advertise cross streets a block away never exact address, second if someone call I will pre-screen them over the phone; does the price work for your budget, what do you do for a living, can you provide paystubs, can you pass a background check etc. then because I use lockbox most times I never give the code until first they send me a picture of their drivers license and second they are at the house with the lockbox in there hands to prevent them from even writing it down.Also they must call me back as soon as they are done looking before they leave the property for security reasons, make sure the keys are back in the box and combination is shuffled and of course to tell me what think about the place.

I want to hear from all the investors on here and learn what is the biggest driver for real estate investors.  

Pipes will freeze, people will break in, who knows, maybe a drunk driver will plow into the building.

And when I do get licensed is it just a test online similar to drivers license test or do I actually need to go somewhere like a school?

We are working on a new building now that will have a W/D in each unit as that will drive rent.

There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the US.

It is a booming economy with East Carolina University, Vidant Medical Center, and a strong industrial base as the main drivers.

I'm Andrew Geib, currently I'm working as a lean six sigma engineer based in the Aurora/Naperville area. 1) Favorite real estate book: just picked up Rich Dad Poor Dad for the first time2) Favorite non-real estate book: Freakonomics3) Advice for new investors: seeing as I am a new to real estate, get started now rather than later. 4) Hobbies: cars, I autocross my daily driver whenever I can, I'm resorting a classic mustang, and I frequently go to car shows all across Chicagoland. 

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