The agents that have better ratings (which depend on past performance) have a better chance at getting called but you have to put your hat in the ring to get a chance in the first place.

DO NOT advertise on zillow or hotpads because the people do not read the ad or even the headline..they get a notification on their phone a rental is available and a phone number and then they just call you or email you....When you advertise on Section8.com and CL....I put in the very first lineNo FeloniesNo EvictionsNo smokers of any kind ....not even cigarettes or MJYou can have 1 pet but no dangerous breeds of pets, I.E. no pit bulls, no mastiffs, no snakes, etcNo illegal drug users.For both my rentals where I got to screen the tenants I had the phone ringing off the hook.

I still haven’t found much more information on the topic but if you find anything interesting I’m all ears!

Many east side inner ring suburbs are also well above average.

Now my phone rings off the hook "I have this buyer, do you have anything you'd sell?"

Being out of state you need dependable people but also ones that you can trust to be your eyes and ears.... and honest.You're also going to need a GOOD banker, not just some broker who is "investor-friendly".

Always keeping eyes and ears peeled, but looking into out of state as well.

Do you know how many Japanese/ Chinese restaurants (competition) in a 3 mile ring radius?

The hardest part is getting the phone to ring, thus how do you qualify a list for marketing.

I was, maybe 17 just got accepted into college and was driving threw a nice residential neighborhood  and already thinking, great I have 4 years to go then I have to save maybe 10 years and I can buy this house not that bad I thought 31, then It kept ringing in my head, so 6 months after that I had my real estate license and started selling houses, then 1 year after graduating college I had saved all this commissions and made good credit history and bought a house in that neighborhood when I was only 22 not bad so I never moved into that house and was renting a room of the cash flow and building equity so then next thing you knew I was buying more and it just happened.