You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

but trust me this is not a passive gig at all.Larger homes are definitely more profitable but also risky and more expensive to furnishFor corporate 2 bedroom/2bath is perfect since you can easily rent it to a family of 4 or 5 as well.Take Al Williamson's course or any online course some are very expensive ($2000).   

Focus on people you know well, who trust you and vice versa and who are generally easy to work with and have a matter of fact and not an emotional personality. 

Not only are you out the money, but you are also learnIng real estate matters from someone who believes that their personal best chance at wealth is to peddle seminars.

If your lawyer does a lot of work at the PA Department of Revenue matters, he or she may have a contact there to help you reach some kind of settlement. 

I’m in the due diligence period for my first note that I found through an online note exchange.

As of your last question, I think whether you sell the condo or not is really a matter of personal preference/investing philosophy.

For example, my plan is to focus on three passive income sources 1) real estate, 2) stock market cap gains and dividends, and 3) online business models such as blogging or Amazon FBA.

I guess how good the deal is matters less when you are looking to house hack because you will be saving the money you'd have spent giving to rent and instead building equity into your property (as well as appreciation and cash flow hopefully). 

She brought tremendous value by walking through the property and suggesting things to fix that would matter to prospective renters, as well as screening the calls and showing the property.