There is nightmarish areas of St Paul where you will have the strictest rent control in the nation and struggle to get rent's to make it worth while.   

Hemlane's complete package includes the "connection" with the leasing agent. 

While some neighborhoods are actually seeing a decline in tax assessment values, many will see an increase and even more than what the properties are worth.

While technically it is a sale, there is a connection to the mortgagor.  

In addition to all the points above - continue to educate yourself and surround yourself with those doing it at the levels that you want to get at.I don't know what your family business does, but if there is a way, find creative, legal and non-invasive ways to leverage that to build connections and expand your sphere of influence. 

I am interested in making connections, learning new ideas on how to improve our properties, offering help where I can, and of course, finding more properties. 

I think the most efficient way to build your team is by finding a solid investment focused agent and then having them guide you to the right connections for the other contacts needed. 

I've got a few initial thoughts.1.Is our investment so bad that's it's only worth 38% of what we paid for it?

The rest have a combined worth of about 1.5 million but aren’t owned free and clear yet.All Properties are collecting rent and generate about $16,500 (profit) a month in Cash flow after mortgages/expenses.

This allows you to scale multiples on your net worth over time.