A good agent with knowledge on this area of the country can help you tremendously, but you should define your goals first so whatever agent you go with can help you better. 

I have 3 children as well which work as tremendous motivation to find deals and keep investing.  

That's a great saying for gurus from the front of the room, not a practice for real life.Congrats on all your successes and your tremendous life lessons.

I've heard before that job and population growth was something to look at but never knew where to find the info at yet so that is of tremendous help.

This means around the 1st of the year there is a temporary boom of unqualified renters entering the market and to make matters worse the temperature normally drops tremendously which increases the danger of frozen pipes or high utility bills (choose one or the other) insurance agents tend to frown upon vacancies... 

It will answer a tremendous amount of questions for you.As far as hidden fees go there aren't ever hidden fees. 

Having reserves will also help you tremendously in the next point. 

Thanks for the help, it's tremendously appreciated!

I want fewer properties and higher revenue per door.I have seen it work TREMENDOUSLY well once you get to 100+ doors...

I don't want to scare anyone of with my tremendous and outstanding goals so I will "TRY" to keep this short.