I agree with above posts on educating yourself and learning the different strategies of investing.Start networking and creating relationships with like minded individuals in your local market.

Quality individuals are hard to find and the wages they can command are also very pricey.  

A quit claim deed is the preferred way to explicitly abandon one’s interest in real estate -but it is not the only way to abandon one’s interest. 

It's better to lose individual properties instead of multiple investments at the same time.  

I have my heart set on rentals, preferably multi families.

The fact that it's free for an individual freelancer without employees is also nice.

I would prefer suggestions from someone who is currently using/or has used the recommended property manager.

Thanks for any insights on this guys... at this point, the whole virtual business realm is so new that it feels like keeping the cheapest office unit for now would be the wisest move... but that'll be another $3,000+ per year in expenses that we would prefer not to pay.

This year, investors have raised billions of dollars from bond buyers, pension funds and even wealthy Chinese individuals to purchase more homes.

I prefer to hold, if I can, and I'll ask for a seller balance carry-back, but I think she wants the cash.