Even though I myself have a S8 rental, what you hear online is completely false.

Paying for an online course before you know other investors and have gone to meetups is just paying to procrastinate.

Every contact I needed for insurance, mortgage and cleaners were done online, mostly through connections from BP. 

I contacted that agency this week online & got a response they are not writing commercial properties now. 

Where people went cheap with online brokers, many of those companies just did not have the resources or expertise is seemed in many instances to handle claims. 

From what I can tell online, the RF1 zoning district is designed primarily for single family row houses (like townhomes).

Check out other online guides available here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides3.

So here is what I do:1 - Get buyer criteria for what they are looking for (exact criteria)2 - Go source that criteria using data provider3 - Scrub the list and plan a marketing campaign around it (i.e) > Direct Mail > Cold Call > SMS > Online Ads > Social Media, etc4 - Once I get inbound leads coming in.

I wanted a cohesive, fairly upscale look, so bought new from a variety of places including a local furniture store, Amazon, Wayfair, Target online, Home Depot online, Pottery Barn, Article, and others.

I’m always looking to implement best management practices so what can I, as a landlord, do to protect myself when accepting online payments?