I have been lurking on this site for several months now trying to soak up all the information that is provided on here.A few things about me: I am a mother of 2 little boys.

If you want a place you can't rely on a counter offer.To the comments about his RE agent not understanding investments - he didn't mention whether he was looking for an investment or a SFH to live in.  

Just joined the site and am still figuring everything out.Recently became intrigued in acquiring property to rent out (I plan on reading some of the guides here to learn start knowledge).

I saw a Facebook ad for something called Hipcamp, essentially an AirBNB for camping sites, public and private.

I just did a quick google search and Baltimore County requires all rentals to have hard-wired smoke detectorshttps://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/News/PoliceNews/...In addition Baltimore REIA has an article which indicates that the city requires hard-wired smoke detectors as well:http://www.baltimorereia.com/smoke-detector-law/If you read the Baltimore REIA article carefully it lays out when battery powered detectors must be upgraded to hard-wired but of course you should not solely rely on their article.

Typically cost for house only, does not include land development costs, landscaping, driveway etc. it also does not include costs such as getting site plan approvals, architect or engineering fees

As a landlord, you can usually post your homes for free on sites like Zillow, Realtor.com etc...are you already doing that? 

Utilizing multiple proxy connections reduces the possibility of a firewall banning a single IP address for too rapidly clicking links or performing searchesSome counties require multiple sites to be scraped to build a usable data set.

I am Michael with Alpha Services and I am feeling my way around the site prior to joining.   

Do not rely on it for legal advice.