If you're on the private side it will be your financing techniques, your N/P can influence lending decisions.As a private operator you can skip much of the collaborative efforts and concentrate on the relationship with your corporate client.

Also, depending on the size of the bank, ask if they are having any concentration issues with any asset classes or if there is any particular type of business they looking for.

It could very well be a good speculative property, OTH the city may have some limits as to future building based on population concentration of that area, without widening roadway for higher traffic counts for example.

Now I can concentrate on where they don't bid that has good underlying properties and I can get 15% to 18% rates.I also see some very interesting strategies from some of the tax lien certificate funds and managers.

I don't like the practice personally, but it does exist.Can't remember if I mentioned this before in this thread, however, if you concentrate on older assets (say 90 or 120 day DOM listings), you can find some extra motivated sellers where bid wars are vacant.

Having a concentration of units in one complex that I don't have total control of just doesn't make a sound business plan IMO.

If your job is creating enough free cash flow that you can come up with 1 or 2 additional down payments a year from that, I would concentrate on properties in nicer areas that break even (essentially .8 - 1% rents).Those areas tend to be more wealth preservation.

Real estate issues now advance to city planning issues, zoning, traffic concentrations, population concentrations, development and construction, union and workforce concerns, employee benefit plans as to the liability side.

I feel like I need more free time to concentrate on the house and the car business just doesn't give that to me.

You will need education, licensing and mentoring by a licensed professional.If you would like to concentrate on hobbies, family or mowing the lawn and like being a handyman on the side, then property management may be the way to go.If too much time on your hands will boar you to tears but you want the independence of being "self-employed" then maybe it would be a good idea to look into doing real estate sales.It really depends on what you want out of your career change.