Drum) and I are running into is with our agent - he is very down on the Watertown area with rental laws, the tenant pool (aside from military) and a lot of the properties we have been looking at (condition wise). 

That all sounded fine really so we put them in touch with our buyers so they could explain those options to them as well. 

Looking for some advice on our plan to get started with our real estate biz.

Our goal being to try and preserve some capital and potentially gain some equity / appreciation. 

Most of the good skip trace sites want you to have a "permissible purpose" for you to access their databases. 

I’m flabbergasted that any one would invest without networking on sites like this or doing research, hence why I’m doing it

Looking for some advice on our plan to get started with our real estate biz.

I manage property in Washington DC and nearly all of our tenants are Section8.

As far as renting out rooms, that would probably be the most feasible option but not going to work for our family (we have three small children thank G-D)Would love to hear if you have any suggestions!

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