From a beginers prospective it doesn't make much sense since I haven't experienced these things yet.How to Buy and Manage Rental Properties: The Milin Method of Real Estate Management for the Small InvestorThis book has some interesting forms to use.

What qualities?

I wanted to take some time tonight and send out a post that I hope many will find useful and will help the quality of leads many of us are seeing on the site.

My question, as a method of getting the asking price lowered, would it be prudent to ask for a credit of our rental payments toward the asking price of the house?

It draws more potential candidates and I can win them over with the quality of our units.

For example, i have looked at town homes, 4plexs, single family homes, Modular homes, etc. when i look at each one of these, they all have there different qualities. but New Modular homes seem to feel like they might be an easier investment to get started with to get my feet wet. they are cheaper, and they look like they would make a higher profit in renting them out.I hope my question is clear, and thanks for your help

However, my experience is that the method of advertising is much less important than the advertisement itself and the unit.

Either from the broker/office manager or from the company itself.One thing that I have noticed that really sets agents apart is how much and the quality of training do they receive as a new agent.Best of luck to you and your wife in her new profession.

Depends on the size of the house, how much of it you're covering, quality of the material and your labor costs.

Find a quality property, then put in a good manager, and you should be good to go.