On Bigger pockets we cant self promote ourselves (its against the rules)To help you in your search: be sure to find an accountant who is willing to grow with you, and is not too high priced fee-wise.

Lesson learned, the bank will enforce their rules and you have to enforce yours.

Any property that is listed on a Realtor owned MLS, regardless if the agent is a Realtor themselves, will have to sign a buyer agency agreement if they want to be shown a property in the MLS.The DOJ is likely to also impose this rule on non-Realtor MLS systems as well, but we arnt quite there yet.

I have started screening after the realtor screens them and tell the rules, setting expectations upfront.

It's not a Christian thing to say but I hope that all these people out here not following the 70% rule, or people overpaying for rehabs choke on it!

Keep your common areas clean and neat, possibly have a house cleaner come in twice a month for these areas if your budget allows it, have solid house rules that you enforce regarding at a minimum quiet hours, parking, smoking, pets, and visitors just for starters and be sure to run it like a business and decide if you will have month to month terms, 6 month terms or yearly terms.

Thanks again for all the help.You didn't indicate your reasoning for OOS investing, below are the reasons why and where most investors target.CF, almost no Appreciation, meet the 1% rule - Mid-western statesNone to minimal CF, mid to high appreciation - TX, FL, TN, CO, IDHope this helps..

Subdividing a parcel, even just a simple parcel map to create 2 or 3 parcels can take some time/work/money. 

Real estate is an incredibly powerful tool to an investor in creating generational wealth.

They are hard to find though.Our institutions that are similar to hard money lenders are MICs (Mortgage Investment Companies).Since financing is already hard for homeowners due to the qualfying rules, the MICs also do a lot of private first and second mortgages to homeowners.