Breadth of knowledge and expertise in all areas of real estate investing (buy & hold, fix & flip, as well as usual realty services). 

@Anna StrattonI'm not familiar with North Carolina markets (I'm in FL on the beach, lol), but vacation rentals are usually very seasonal with pricing varying seasonally.

It usually takes a little extra work for you to keep them happy but very doable.Good luck to you!

That said, MFHs are rare in this area, and usually pretty expensive.I could try squaring that circle by mailing/cold-calling existing MFH owners, taking on a rehab, or buying a DC/Alexandria townhouse and converting it.

USUALLY CAN PAY WITH TAX REFUND AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HELPS WITH 1000 OF IT.

Gunny usually will whip the Marine into shape.

William, You need to do the full math, as @Peter M. mentioned and did for you, the percent rules are just for quick analysis like he said. the percentage will analysis people usually use to help tell them if they want to run the numbers further on the property because it fits a certain % criteria. that's OK but does not fit every situation, what if you know the area is an up and coming hot spot and even if the % number is off - because the incoming rent is below market and you know that they will be going up - then the percentage rule will tell you to walk away and you would miss out on a property that a full analysis from the beginning would tell you to jump on that property because you would know that the rents were below market and that they are going up. forget the percent rules, learn the area you want to invest in, you will learn what the area does, the rent it gets and how much would be a good amount to purchase for based on the amount of rent you can collect for that property.

For single tenant net lease that is absolute NNN then yes an owner typically does nothing.For MTNL -multi tenant net lease then even though in many cases absolute NNN with base plus CAM you still gave to look out for CAM caps and large Capex expenses the owner would usually pay upfront and try to recover over time.For instance if you are buying a center looking at roof and parking lot are 2 big ones.

In RI it's attorneys who handle the escrow/closing, rather than title companies.Usually in Rhode Island, if you're using an agent and the standard RIAR (RI Association of Realtors) purchase and sale forms, you wouldn't engage an attorney until your offer is accepted (which in RI is the same as getting a signed P&S back), unless you or the seller is putting something out of the ordinary in the P&S (usually in the additional provisions on the last page but there are a few other places extra language can be added).In that case you might want to bring in your attorney to double check the language you or (especially) the seller are proposing, just so you understand what you'd be committing to.I'm not sure what your connection is to Rhode Island but since your profile says you're in Maryland there are probably some differences between the two states when it comes to real estate.

Great to hear Josh back and @Brandon Turner and @David Greene were sharing their scribe knowledge as usual!