Not that I am “there” yet but 40 units later I am living like most people can’t and starting to really enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Is Property Management not a fruitful career and business in and of itself?

I think the upgrade of the units pays off and probably make it more fruitful on a refinance loan. 

Assuming that your research on the area is right, keep to your “musts,” which will also let the agent know that you are a serious investor whose time they should no longer be wasting until they really have a great deal.Keep in mind that Ohio property taxes vary widely from town to town, and some are just nuts, so choosing the city(ies) in the area should be your first step.

If you want to get into the nuts and bolts message @James Wise.Now if you are looking into different criteria or a different area you have to identify who/what you want to be marketing towards.

I worked for a tax guy who's based out of LeMars and is nuts about his trees if you know who I'm talking about.

This hides the owner so that if you get sued by one tenant they don't know about your other properties.Lawyers are usually working on contingency so they go after low hanging fruit.

There are a few fruit trees as well on the property.

well first off this being a landlord site.. and a positive cash flow site generally speaking.. most will tell you are nuts to buy this.however if you can get the property to just about break even maybe lose 100 a month or so and you have a prime Socal asset that someone else is paying off your mortgage and you think rents can go up a little.and you can EAISLY self manage based on quality of the unit .. incredible tight rental market.. that mitigates a lot of land lord issues.I mean whats the alternative you go 1000 miles away to make 100 or 200 a month.. is that positive cash flow going to change your life..is 100 a month negative going to change your life.now this is an extreme.. but i owned a home in Palo Alto that i chose to sell back in 91 because it would have been 300 a month negative.. well that negative within 36 months would have been positive.. and i sold for 500k and today that home is worth 3 million.... and once it got positive it probably would have been positive up to 2 to 3k a month coming into the 2010's.... and someone else would have paid for my home.. plus grade A tenants at all times.. being prime Palo Alto.so thats one extreme.. its really only in low to no appreciating markets with tougher tenant bases that turn a bunch that positive cash flow becomes more acute or for those that want to one day live on their cash flow and be in the business of landlording.. thereby acquiring 50 to 100 doors. 

The market will change with the housing bubble and wholesalers will be less valuable as bank own properties "REO's" will be the low hanging fruit, per the investor buyer perspective (just like what happened in 2008).