I did a test to see interest at $3,000 that got some good candidates, but didn't take them through the whole qualification process because it's not ready to rent yet. 

Hopefully they moved on to a juice processing plant for culls.  

There will be a lot of going on after an election so I would factor that into your thought process.

You can probably start the education process at 17, then apply for your license once you turn 18.

We’ve also had increases submitted in Sep 2023 that still haven’t been processed.   

If you’re confident in handling the entire process from start to finish and know how to mitigate risks when things go wrong, then you probably don't need an agent.

I wasn't hoping for my responses to be read as an indicator of making a decision to invest section 8 or not, or stating that I have a more thorough DD process than someone with more experience.  

He is by far my most successful protege, but my second most successful is doing quite well and then I have a few who are making process to doing well. 

We have created work instructions for every step of the process so we can maintain consistency in how we evaluate properties, communicate with tenants, market our properties, handle rent increases, manage property turnover, etc.....

I do all of this remotely, so I use the above process to filter out 90% of the properties and then send the other 10% to my local team for verification.