Hi Chris congrats on taking the steps to get your real estate license.

Look at the application, start pricing third party flat fee services for each step.

This step is crucial and can make or break the success of your investment.How did you narrow down your search to Akron and Cleveland?

So yeah Jay is right (as usual), first step is mediation.

He walks us through every step of the way.

@James TobinJames, congratulations on deciding to take the first step into real estate investing!

Anything past that might feel weird.Good job going to your first one, that is a great step that too many people miss out on.

My PM asks for ID as step #1 for these reasons. 

.--- Another lawsuit resulted from owner's contractor taking down basement handrail to get supplies down the steps, then they didn't put it back and tenant fell down the stairs.- We also negotiate a reasonable completion date, depending on the Scope Of Work (SOW). --- Who gets all the phone calls and wastes time calming a tenant down because the owner's contractor doesn't show up as scheduled after they took time off from work or a 3 day job takes 3 weeks?

Starting with single-family homes and growing a portfolio one step at a time seems like a practical approach.