My PMs can set door codes, message (or call) guests, schedule cleaners, adjust the thermostat, monitor my cameras, & call a plumber just as easily as a local PM can, for 1% of the cost.Hire good cleaners, a solid handyman & befriend some helpful neighbors.

. - Life happened, and i'm currently in an extension period (I highly encourage you to complete everything in the original allotted time because this is just dragging it out as a student and you start getting cold fee if you're not in constant action) - This would status is probably the only real negative I have to say about them.- The instructors/mentors in the US are a little bit more distant as in, they're not as available as they are in Canada and it's simply because of the Student to Teacher ratio.

After attending that 3-day course, they say that they have their own pool of lenders ready to provide you with the funds to do deals regardless of your financial status for 6 months.

It's been my experience that there are no original ideas out there - and the very few ideas that are "original" quickly get what I would call clingons riding shirt tails (watch the movie "The Big Short" and you'll see exactly what I mean).If you're defining it as not following trends, I'm still not sure how that goes because people are into everything....you've got gold/silver bugs, you've got REIT investors, you got investors that follow master limited partnerships, you've got various aspects of real estate, etc., etc.Personally, I read and digest what other people have done/are doing.  

I am sure an SEO minion status is better than my current lead funnel.

And if you were going to do such a thing then Delaware is the gold standard not Nevada.

I'd love to get your feedback or any ideas on list stacking or custom list buildingLooking into how to pull and compile all public records are scrub for property ownership daily so they are straight from the sourceI added vacant status and tax records to each property also.

Hey @Julie Hassett and @Amy A. feel free to send it here: http://biggerpockets.com/guest 

No, not gold.

I have read the Ultimate Screening Guide and written a basic set of screening requirements but still have some questions that hoping someone could help answer (maybe before I have to hire an attorney). 1) On the tenant resource center page (http://www.tenantresourcecenter.org/discrimination) I found what seems to say that "unemployment" is a protected class in the city of Madison: Madison includes all extra classes in Dane County plus: Citizenship Status (City of Madison only)Genetic Identity (City of Madison only)the fact that a person declines to disclose their social security numberAtheismHomelessnessUnemploymentThat seems a little odd to me.