Demand is down and often times the people looking to move right now are not the greatest tenants.

Also, ask your agent for recommendations—they often have relationships with dependable contractors.Look for areas with a mix of affordability and growth potential.

@David Putz I wonder if someone is maintaining a list of where all the servicers are licensed...I can't imagine that would be easy to keep track of, but I don't know how often they would change.Having a resource that has all the typical fee info and service states for each servicer in one document would be amazing.

Which is also one of the 3 fundamental needs of a business most often (customers, product/service, place of operation). 

Quote from @Michael K Gallagher: @Jonathan Greene thank you for the reminder, its often the fundamentals done well that win out time and time again.  

Lenders won't value it off the income approach unless it is a 5+ unit and even then, the LTR market rents are more often used to determine value.

It’s definitely never too late to start, and learning by doing is often the best approach.

This is explained early and often with new clients and it has always been a part of our fee structure as long as you've been a client. 

Often, those buyers and sellers are syndicators.

I have often stated there are two ways to make money in Real Estate....The California method and the Texas method (I certainly understand there are many more ways to look at investing but I am OVER simplifying).