My preference is to minimize any interaction between owner & realtor, if possible.

One thing that helped me recently when working a short was reading some suggestions by an experienced SS negotiator about how to improve the interaction with the lender.

I'll post back and let you all know how the initial interaction goes.

I bought my first house (home I currently live in) in April 2010 and that is about the extent of my active real estate experience.I look forward to interacting with you all!

This is part of my screening process that allows me to feel out a person and gain additional insight into their character based on how they interact with me.

UNLESS....it's a recurring payment system so that it debits the renter on the 1st of the month without their interaction.

Slightly more detailed answer:I don't really care how you interact with your buyers, who are presumably mostly investors/landlords and probably know more about real estate than you do.I care about how you interact with sellers, and the larger community.Don't lie to people.  

Welcome to BiggerPockets, a place to interact with a vibrant REI group, learn the real estate business and language at near zero cost.

The bad thing about Bill's information is that he's not published a book, he teaches by interacting in forums which can be hard to track down.

Whether you are coming for the food and social interaction, to learn, to network or even to do deals, TREIA is where its at in the Triangle.I'll be going to the next newbie meetup, I hope to see you there.