Andrew has helped me personally and many of my clients over the years.

Attend your local REI meetups, build up a strong network, and feel free to reach out and connect with everyone in the community.

It can't distinguish between nice or ugly, a factor that a prospective renter may pay more or less for.When my clients call me to suggest a rental price, I use several tools to make that determination. 

Some of my Turnkey operator clients did the rental guarantee insurance and that company made it about 12 to 18 months before they folded as claims ran them out of money.. 

As a real estate agent and an investor, I am on the market daily and explore opportunities for myself and my clients.

It is the way I was taught to fund a flip and I really don't have strong enough credentials to get a good loan elsewhere (at least I think.

Investor-agents like this that go above and beyond are honestly not easy to find, and usually agents like this already have a lot of clients that they've worked with. 

If you can become friends with someone with a license who looks at dumps, they would love company on some of those trips and a potential client as you learn.

Here in IL, received commissions MUST be paid from a sponsoring broker to a broker/agent under their supervision, they can't be paid directly from a client to the broker/agent. 

Thanks Hey Don, To answer the "is there a different way to look at this" question I would strongly advise you real out to a real estate-focused accountant.