How to do you first property? 

Use surveys to gather feedback on their experience.When tenants feel valued and respected, they’re more likely to take care of the property and renew their leases, saving owners time and money.Fairness with VendorsVendors play a crucial role in maintaining properties, and treating them fairly ensures they remain reliable partners.

Approached the seller asking they pay all closing costs, received enough credits to buy down the interest rate back into the 5-range (current rates were in the 7-range).

Do a 1 year lease or if you want to avoid a vacancy in the winter, do 6 or 18 month. 

Approached the seller asking they pay all closing costs, received enough credits to buy down the interest rate back into the 5-range (current rates were in the 7-range).

I can see several posts here about "How to be a PML?".

Some states (NOT ALL) offer reciprocity for real estate licenses in certain other states, BUT that just means that if you have a license in one state that you can use that to qualify for a license in other states that offer that reciprocity.

But there is a terms and conditions saying they have 30 days in order to payout so I knew it could take some time.”Hope this info helps!

I live & invest in Chicago but recently have turned my head towards Northwest Indiana because of the landlord friendly laws, it's ridiculously costly in Chicago if you have to evict! 

Once they realize the mistake they made they’re too embarrassed to acknowledge this openly so you mainly hear about the cheerful student  “success” stories which the next wave of naive victims rely on.