This means that there is not always an easy way to find competent people to work with besides making phone calls and screening out the lemons.

I was looking to see if others had recommendations for lenders, property managers and contractors in the Hagerstown, MD area.Lender: I have used Middletown Valley Bank before and they are easy to work with, but I feel their rates may have risen (6% on a 30 year fixed with .8 points)Property Manager: I have worked with Valley Properties before and they have been good.

My thinking is that if we sell the property and walk away with a bunch of cash we could buy another property with around the same cashflow but with higher upside as far as a SFR growing in value more quickly than a townhouse would.My wife is thinking that she likes the cashflow and it rents really easy.

Easy as that. 

Being a young guy in the REI space is very easy to get lost in the home run stories of other investors (speaking from experience).

It will sound so good and so easy but don't do it!

National Real Estate Insurance Group is easy and a national company. 

Two houses two contracts fell throughBoth were past inspection period and buyers approved inspection First property buyer and their agent claimed they didn’t know it was a mobile home even though it stated it was in MLS and it is easy to tell from outside and inside I let them out of the contract what would you have done?

I am starting off slow, currently bird dogging.It is easy for me to find properties but I want to go beyond that and assist in marketing properties once they are under contract (ex: bandit signs and social media marketing).By doing this am I acting in the capacity of an agent or broker?

I agree, easy to threaten to sue for the difference between the two.