Real estate may appeal to people especially because someone sitting in a coma could have gotten rich off real estate the past few years but it is getting back to reality where just buying any random rental will not make you money.

PM's are great and can help you optimize your time, but you always want to do random checks to see how your properties are functioning and maintained once they are under a PM. 

But I just don't know much about BA.If you have a property you want an anonymous, free, random opinion from a guy in Tulsa send me the address and I'll accommodate you.  

big big difference if you guys are earning 60k a year vs. 160k once people start thinking about scraping together capital they often unearth random things.If you can find enough for a down payment and get some kind of multi you will be on your way.

In the past I've seen glitters that were really hard to clean, random painting every where etc.

If you buy/rehab the most ugly/dirty/trashed house in Mountain View,CA for sure you will make a lot of money after the rehabs compare to some random town in middle of New Mexico.

Avoid areas that have had thousands of MTR/STR added over the past few years.I have MTR portfolios in the most random tertiary markets (Dayton, OH ...

Setting a random time limit will help but there needs to be a specific why.

Admittedly, those seem like some fairly random cities they've selected. 

I get deals all different ways:MLS (just last week)LoopNet (this one)Broker network (most deals)Me calling owners Random’s calling me Bird dogs / Wholesellers calling me.