Excellent show, packed with great take-aways.

Sweat equity can be an excellent way to increase your income on properties. 

Now if I can find and build a relationship with an awesome realtor who has experience with this, I'd be lucky! 

You seem to have a good relationship with her aside from her being weird and accusing you of changing the locks on her randomly after 6 years...

It’s an excellent place to start, and can answer many of your questions.Best of luck!

The relationship between the "$" numbers, and profit.If a particular area has high unemployment, why is that? 

Obviously listen to the podcasts, read the forums & blogs, the online guides, and the BP books are excellent as well.

They have helped me and provided excellent service as I've invested here in Phoenix and I would be honored to refer them and help them grow their business.If you are uncomfortable sharing referrals, that is understandable.

An MD at an investment bank will chuckle with the typical elevator pitch done by most real estate "investors" but a private individual with whom one has a pre-existing relationship (and limited real estate knowledge) might be intrigued. 

KDP Septic based in Phillipsburg is excellent, they put in a complicated 50K system for us in East Amwell Township in the dead of winter this year (high water table on property so needed pump up leech field system, ground was frozen, they have all the heavy equipment needed for something like this).