@Doronda PlacideJoin local real estate investor associations in your area and check Facebook for local meet-ups so you can network with investor-friendly agents or even wholesalers in your market that find deals

Plus I've done several live in flips...so.

I believe in community over competition personally, that's just my philosophy so I treat my workers really well so that they prioritize me and respond if I'm ever in an emergency and I share my referrals with friends and other investors who I am familiar with and they do the same for me.3.

So long you can collect rent on time in a reasonable manner.

So, I guess it all depends on the quality of your network. 

Presumably they have had rent increases, so how have those been handled.

My wife and I are new to investing so we definitely have not gone by the book so far🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

To that end, I would find your local REIA meetups so you can also connect with your local market as well.  

SO many great books being put out by the BiggerPockets Publishing team.

There's lots of tools and experienced people here so if you run into anything there should be an answer somewhere in here.