For example, my husband and I would never even consider the property you are looking at because that does not fit our criteria because of the age of the home.

Interestingly, there have been several BPO's done, with walk through and everything, and the highest, and most recent value came in at ~580K.The failed Short Sale was actually approved by the servicer for $480K.I suspect this has to do with the Non-Performing status of the mortgage, my mother's age, and Massachusetts being a tenant/occupant friendly state.I had to terminate the arrangement of this Short Sale when I finally acquired unbiased legal/realty counsel, and realized that the sizable return (700K - 475K = 225K) would not only be an act of fraud for us to receive, but that the buyer was likely misleading us into thinking we would get this money.Since then, I really started doing my research, and am very interested in pursuing Real Estate Investing thanks to all of the hard lessons I've learned.I organized an off market pool of cash investors, and showed the house and took offers. 

You're trying to find a great property manager who will help you grow your portfolio, and in the process, grow their business as you continue to buy more properties for them to manage.

We have a big house in a growing area in Orlando, FL.

He’s definitely a controversial guy but did amazing things growing Uber.

I would suggest age 50 or 60-89, 20+ year ownership, single family home and specify a home value range.You can also specify Low Financial Stability Scores to find people who are more likely to be motivated sellers.

So I look to continue learning and growing.

I focus on cash flow and, while I'd love to find a way to get into DFW and other growing markets in Texas, the property taxes make it difficult to find anywhere near the cash-on-cash return you can get elsewhere.   

You should be thinking about, and including in your business plan, strategies that will protect your capital (and/or your investor's capital) before planning for growing that capital. 

We want our nest egg to grow!