Your ROI is extremely low in this approach, making the risk of real estate investing unadvised.

Extremely powerful force that every landlord should use.These visual cues speak volumes to tenants. subconscious marketing campaign should be discussed more here in BPville.

Now as for the fee, that seems extremely high to simply connect the two people together.

He ensured that the house would be covered for the $150K amount if it was burned down and that I would not have to build back a 6 bedroom house in it's place.Does anyone know what I'm getting into and what do I need to do to get properly insured in case of an extreme accident?

Why so extreme?

It was a drug addled area of lack-luster landlords and the town is Extremely cooperative - as they see it is being cleaned up as we rehab and re-rent well.

We've gone from one extreme to the other in 7 years.

So Cal would be perfect for me as my clients range from plumbers, electricians, accountants, attorneys, contractors, etc which made building my local team extremely easy.

"How to Master the Art of Selling" by Tom Hopkins is extremely valuable.

If your looking for knowledge I would recommend CCIM and/or the UW's "Certificate in Commercial Real Estate" - I've completed both and have been extremely valuable in analysis.