I would love to help you in your new home search!

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Look in the property records at your county, or the tax assessor, and see if you can search number of units. 

Emrich I think you should expand your search area.  

I am creating a portfolio to give to a few select loan officers to obtain a mortgage for a rental property. 

Hi All,I've been searching the NYC/NJ area for approx. a year now, analyzing different markets and trying to figure out the best areas to attack for my first RE investment (don't want to screw it up).

Hi All,I've been searching the NYC/NJ area for approx. a year now, analyzing different markets and trying to figure out the best areas to attack for my first RE investment (don't want to screw it up).

I was working on one property and I did exactly that , I searched by lot and block numbers.

A quick search turned up 10 Things I Wish My Broker Had Told Me for an article which seems good, "Your First Year in Real Estate" and "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" and many other books, and I don't even want to get sucked into Youtube finding examples :)I've heard that new agents sometimes get assigned (or asked to volunteer) for "desk duty" to handle walk-ins.

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