Placing a few phone calls to reputable homes might give you some insight as well.Best to you

As both a Realtor and an Investor I found that people care less about company names and brands and more about integrity and reputation.

Find a reputable stager and create a relationship with them.

If you have money you'd like to earn interest on, you might want to find a reputable broker and use them to make loans.

This will cause a wicking effect which would be bad, then finish with a polyethylene (plastic) ground cover.4.

I had one deal that I got lazy because the selling agent also managed the property. they were a reputable company and I "trusted" that they would have an accurate description of the utility cost. wrong!

A reputable lender won't fund a deal where you only make $8K, because so many things can happen that wipe that out.Regardless, I feel that for a first deal, even if you break even, you have financed your education, so best of luck to you, we'll be looking forward to the results on this thread.

I want to build up a good reputation.

You are getting less of the profits because your aren't bringing any risks to the table (other than possibly a EMD or reputation).

I would imagine moving right to an eviction notice might place you in the bottom 2% of reputation in the local slumlord standings.