So the clients of the brokers that work that area tend to be small business owners.

My husband and I are starting a new property management business in his small hometown.

It is the only program that we need to run our business.

I would not start investing, creating businesses, or doing anything in life based on a unicorn example, whether it be real or imagined.I would look at the industry from the top down, figure out what realistic margins are, and see if I can gain a competitive advantage or beat general market returns by a few % points.  

We research markets and analyze properties all the time with our co-hosting business, so here are a couple things we do.

The question originally asked implies, that the only difference between a good investor finding a property to buy and a good agent getting a listing is in who is knowledgeable and who will put in the work.NAR says there are about 1,580,000 members in 2022 (latest I could find)80% of those do little to no transactions - that's a huge failure rate-about 1,264,000 agents suck at their job.There is no other occupation that tolerates that high of a level of failure.You have to be crazy to have a real estate agent list your house.I can’t even get agents to return phone calls.

Use the earlier lease and earlier date if you must terminate her.Keep in mind this is a business and there's no room in business for holding grudges.

In any relationship, business or personal setting expectations up front can make the difference between success and failure.

In my role as Senior Loan Analyst, Joseph is eager to cultivate strong business relationships with investors.

Even if you create a non-CA LLC, if you are managing the business from California, you will likely be deemed to be "doing business" in California and therefore likely subject to CA taxes.