I am now ready to be an investor and looking forward to get my hands dirty.I hope to find some fellow investors that will help me get my business off the ground.I am here to learn so any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Its still a sellers market so sellers have the upper hand, generally speaking.

Hands down communication and fairness.

Utilize your resources; walk your landlords to their car following a showing or hand deliver a lease to the applicant to better understand the condition they leave their personal property in. 7.

On the other hand, I've been hearing a ton of talk about increasing rents and wishful thinking about rent controls among people who think that imposing rent controls will help them find a cheaper place to rent.

If you can get your hands on the one for your state, you can retype it and use it as a template.Leases are a different kettle of fish.

That means you have to put $1000s into marketing every month, put 30k miles on your car every year, talk with hundreds of people every month, hand out 100s if not 1000s of business cards just to get your name out there.

I've been following the transformation of Downtown Long Beach first hand for the past several years and it's truly amazing how much has changed.

Go visit your top one or two picks, look them in the eye, tour the town and see some props first-hand.

I have the basic down but looking to get a more hands on approach.