Feel free to DM me if you want to run numbers. 

I feel your pain; I have also had to battle (at times) with my wife to hold on to my long term rentals!

You need a different agent if he feels it his job to steer to new construction and you are interested in existing stock.

I think relationships with the owners are very important as well - the more you can developed a relationship with current owners the more likely they are to "help" a newer investor as they feel (in part) like they are paying it forward.

I'm a broker in the Madison area, if you end up looking to buy here, feel free to reach out.

Hello Brayden, This may be a dumb question so forgive me for asking; I feel a little embarrassed to be honest.

I would prefer to self manage to avoid the high poperty management fees (I think its around 10% + 1 month leasing fee, etc.) and I also worry that the property manager will likely not be as dilligent in finding high quality affordable vendors, etc.I see 4 major pieces of work1) Tenant finding: I feel comfortable doing this remotely.

The initial setup is a little pricy, but I feel they provide a good product Hey Rudy, have you used the service of Boostly?

The RE Broker feels to try to short both, but not sure why they even think thats possible.Other groups to post this in?

Another option ($$$) Might be to engage an advertising company, and have them flood the local radio, TV and Internet With bi-weekly news stories about the coming business, focusing on the number of jobs that will be created.The number of jobs both for construction workers to build it, and the number of employees that will staff it over the shifts it will be open.