I met a few older real estate agents who were still in the game, yet surviving off of Social Security.

However, if you have enough assets, then things like free time become much more valuable than continuing to work extra hours.From your description that might be your situation.

The how-to's aren't descriptive enough and don't cover all the tasks and problems you may come across.There is an identity verification process for landlords and owners must go through before being able to .

Your description and overview of the area is terrific, even today.

As for the virtual assistant, let me PM you to get the job description details.

Coincidentally, I met a lady who worked for an agency for the homeless.

In addition, the new post puts all actions needed to rent abandoned RE into a sympathetic description of a group of neighbors working together to care for the apparently abandoned home of former neighbor.

Your realtor is going to write some lame description about 'just needs a little TLC' and 'great bones' and all that, and predictably, he/she will get smashed with lowball offers from wholesalers of all shapes and sizes (good ones and frauds), as well as from investors (fewer in number).

Banks learned this lesson painfully in 2008-09, and they are going to look skeptically at value added plays unless there is a transaction involved (and thereby you have the willing buyer test met as well as an appraisal).   

You can find it at moneychimp.com, (I'm in no way affiliated) I included the websites description because I think it does a better job than I did of explaining the average return fallacy.