They worked between us and our insurance company.  

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

This video was all I really needed as it was almost fully encompassing.

Their return is better than most note companies.  

Quote from @Jonathan Glumac: I work for a MF Development Company in Texas and I want to get my realestate license.

Everyone in here seems to keep asking for someone that has done it, here is a video of someone that did get the check!

A bit, but with all of the chip factories, companies, and new developments coming to town I don't see it softening for long.

It will take time.3) Property management companies, chamber of commerce meetings, local commercial RE brokers, etc are all additional options to network and find people who do deals.

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).

In our experience, the #1 mistake landlords make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.